Congresswoman should champion the End Kidney Deaths Act

Congresswoman should champion the End Kidney Deaths Act

Beth Ann Foeppel For MediaNews Group In U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan’s district alone, nearly 1,000 constituents are on dialysis. Tragically, dialysis has an annual death rate of 20%. That means approximately 200 preventable deaths each year just in one part of southeastern Pennsylvania. Nationally, 800,000 Americans live with kidney failure. That number is expected to exceed 1 million by 2030. Right now, about 90,000 Americans are waiting for a k…