One of the most beneficial things in the Affordable Care Act is that it requires insurance companies to cover people who have a pre-existing condition. Some insurers consider live donors, who donate a kidney to someone else who needs it, to have a pre-existing condition. We need the Affordable Care Act to prevent insurers from denying health insurance coverage for these kind souls. The Affordable Care Act is the name of the current series of health reform laws. Some of it has already helped Americans to find health insurance. For example, one of the popular parts of the ACA is … Continue reading →

Organ donation saves lives. Thousands of people are waiting on transplant lists for an organ to become available. Fortunately, it is possible for a kidney or liver to come from a live donor. You don’t have to have health insurance in order to become a live donor. There are around 90,000 people who are on the transplant list right now. Each day, the wait becomes too long for about thirteen people, who pass away before an organ is found for them. Some of this can be prevented. People can donate one of their kidneys, or a portion of their liver, … Continue reading →