Kidney Advocates Push Bill Protecting Living Donors From Insurance Denials

Updated Story The National Kidney Foundation this week cheered introduction of bipartisan legislation that aims to protect living organ donors by banning life and long-term insurers from denying them coverage. The Living Donors Protection Act, sponsored by Sens Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), also would stop insurers from charging donors higher premiums and would add organ donation as a serious condition under the Family And...