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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Improving Kidney Health Hearing
Last week, The Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on “Improving Kidney Health Through Better Prevention and Innovative Treatment”. Witnesses included Ashli Littleton, a 36-year-old Medicare beneficiary with ESRD; Suzanne Watnick, MD [...]
Letter: Protect dialysis coverage
Since coming to Congress, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, has worked across party lines to help our community. I hope she’ll do so again by helping ensure that Washington’s kidney disease patients, of which [...]
Letter: Utah lawmakers must ensure that life-saving care is affordable and accessible. Expanding access to Medigap plans is crucial
In 2009, I was diagnosed with kidney failure. My condition deteriorated so quickly that I was life-flighted and placed in a medically induced coma for 10 days. When I woke up, I had to [...]
Mother urges Congress to protect access to kidney care
My daughter, Diana, passed away at 45 due to complications from kidney failure. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 6, she later showed signs of kidney disease and needed dialysis for more than [...]
One Week Left to Apply – 2026 Advocacy Day
Applications for DPC’s 2026 Advocacy Day are due next Friday, January 30th! Be sure to submit your application for a chance to come to Washington, D.C., June 29 – 30, 2026, and speak with your [...]
Open Enrollment Deadlines for Texas Dialysis Patients
In a major victory for under age 65 Texans living on dialysis, House Bill 2516 became law in 2025. HB 2516 provides access for under-age 65 dialysis patients to purchase affordable Medigap insurance plans A, [...]
