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Re: “Ultimate donation” (Page B14, Nov. 9).
I urge California Sen. Alex Padilla to champion the bipartisan End Kidney Deaths Act (H.R. 2687). This bill represents a rare bipartisan and bicameral opportunity to save 100,000 lives and dramatically reduce taxpayer spending by $37 billion.
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I donated a kidney to a stranger at some personal risk and expense. The EKDA is a 10-year pilot program for refundable tax credits that will produce more donations for those who have been waiting the longest.
Bipartisan co-authors have over 40 co-sponsors in the House and Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas will introduce the bill in the Senate if a Democratic senator joins him.
Senator Padilla is a leader on healt

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