Support Living Donors: Enact the HOLD Act
Urge your Congressional delegation to cosponsor and swiftly enact the Honor Our Living Donors (HOLD) Act (H.R. 628). No American should face out-of-pocket costs when saving the life of another, and the HOLD Act is a small but important step in the right direction. The HOLD Act would help more socioeconomically disadvantaged Americans afford to donate a kidney by smoothing the process of determining their eligibility for reimbursement for travel, lodging, lost wages, and other costs incurred when donating a kidney. Current policy determines reimbursement eligibility based on the recipient's income instead of the living donor's income, a nonsensical approach which the HOLD Act would reverse.