Increase Living Kidney Donation, support Massachusetts LDPA

Every day, we lose 13 kidney disease community members waiting for a kidney transplant. As of today, there are 12,764 Bay Staters living with kidney failure, and in 2022, there were 617 kidney transplants performed in the state.

We can change this.

Email your elected officials and ask them to support the Living Donor Protection Act (LDPA).

Passing the LDPA is one of AKF's top priorities. This bill will prevent Massachusetts's life, disability, and long-term care insurers from discriminating against living kidney donors. It will prohibit them from:

Declining or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums to living organ donors Considering a person's living organ donor status in determining premiums

This bill removes obstacles that will encourage more living kidney donations to meet our community's overwhelming need.

Click here to email your legislator and ask them to support the LDPA by becoming a co-sponsor or voting YES when the bill is before them for a vote.

I will keep you updated on our progress.

Thank you.

Jon Hoffman

Senior Director of State Policy and Advocacy