Promote Financial Security
DPC is committed to ensuring patients have the maximum choice among coverage options when it comes to their dialysis care. Whether through traditional Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid or exchange health plans under the Affordable Care Act, DPC is working to ensure dialysis patients aren’t excluded from benefits and coverage necessary for their health.
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Kidney patients need help accessing care
I’ve been on dialysis — the only treatment besides a transplant for kidney failure — for eight years. The toll it takes physically, mentally and emotionally is constant. But the hardest moment came when [...]
Letter to the Editor – Kristal Bell
Dear Editor, I have been living with kidney disease for over 15 years. Diagnosed in 2009 while I was pregnant with my daughter, I learned quickly that kidney failure doesn’t discriminate. It comes for [...]
Letter to the Editor: Congress should act fast to support Restore Protection for Dialysis Patients Act
To the Editor In November 2022, I walked into urgent care with a blood pressure of 263 over 120. I walked out with a life-changing diagnosis, kidney failure. I was a single mother with [...]
DPC Patient Ambassador Spotlight – Cassie Bertwell
Check out our Patient Ambassador Spotlight, where we highlight members who elevate the voices of people with kidney disease. This month’s Spotlight is on Cassie Bertwell from Lincoln, Nebraska. When Cassie was just 25 [...]
Take Action Today!
In light of last week’s hearing, DPC would like to encourage our members to help keep the momentum going. Visit our kidneyaction.org website to learn more about the Kidney Care Access Protection Act (S. [...]
House Hearing on Healthcare Issues Considers Kidney Care Bills
A September 15th hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee titled Examining Legislative Proposals to Reform Medicare Provider Payment had an important DPC priority on its agenda. In his opening statement, Congressman Morgan Griffith [...]
