Dialysis Patient Citizens DPC
South Carolina Kidney Patients to Re-Visit State Capitol, Urging Legislators to Make Medigap Secondary Insurance Accessible to All
Published in Blood Weekly, March 25th, 2010
Dialysis patients, family members and kidney care advocates from across South Carolina will travel to the State House tomorrow to urge state Senators to support Medigap legislation - S. 1128, sponsored by Senators Harvey Peeler (R-Cherokee) and Phillip Shoopman (R-Greenville). South Carolina kidney patients are joined in advocating for this legislation by the National Kidney Foundation Serving the Carolinas, South Carolina Region (NKF) and Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC). If enacted, the bill will help approximately 500 South Carolinians suffering from kidney failure and patients deemed disabled who are having difficulty accessing private market health insurance coverage for necessary...
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