Bipartisan Legislation to Help Kidney Transplant Patients

On July 29 U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Thad Cochran (R-MS), and Scott Brown (R-MA) introduced the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act. The bipartisan legislation will assist the thousands of Americans below the age of sixty-five who are being cut from Medicare after thirty-six months. The Act extends Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and will offset the long-term costs of treatment.

For more information on the Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act see Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act, eNews Park Forest, Jul. 29, 2011.