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By Carol Offen, NKF Kidney Advocate and blogger at kidneydonorhelp.com

You probably have heard of the enormous benefits of a living vs. deceased-donor kidney for the recipient, but did you know that there are real benefits to the donor, too?

For family members or couples, they are nothing short of dramatic:

5,537 living kidney donations were made in 2014 out of 17,107 total kidney transplants in the United States. That is a miraculous number, but sadly is it only 17% of the number of life-saving kidney transplants needed. The number of patients waiting for a kidney is a staggering 100,791, with another patient added to that list every 14 minutes. You might not be able to donate a kidney, but we hope that you will consider ...

Michigan Passes New Legislation to Protect Living Donors

~Statement from Linda Smith-Wheelock, President & CEO of the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan on passage of Living Donor Protection Act~

(November 8, 2023 – Ann Arbor, MI) Today, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of Michigan commends Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Legislature for their actions in protecting living organ donors and...

Washington, D.C., – March 1, 2021 — Living organ donors can suffer job losses, denial of insurance coverage, and significantly higher health-insurance premiums after giving the gift of life, but four bipartisan Members of Congress have come together to change that by introducing The Living Donor Protection Act of 2021 (LDPA), ...

Marty Durand, transplant recipient, Sen. Cherie Buckner Webb, sponsor (D, Dist. 19, Boise), Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, Alex Fox, Kidney Advocacy Committee Member, NKF, Rep. Sally Toone, House floor sponsor (D, Dist. 26, Gooding)