Why do we continually chase solutions to unsolvable problems BUT ignore the problems that have solutions? Kidney Organ Transplants account for the majority of our organ transplant shortages in America; live organ donation is the obvious solution...we don't need a medical miracle to make it happen--we simply need to educate and motivate the masses to support changing our archaic 30 year-old 1984 law so that we make it affordable for anyone who desires to become a living kidney organ transplant donor. Please share this presentation with others so we can eradicate the kidney organ transplant shortage in America!

1. U.S. Citizens are Dying
Needlessly Due to Our
Organ Shortage
We seem unwilling to admit that our
existing strategies cannot resolve the
organ transplant shortage gap

2. Why Should We Care?
 1 in 3 American adults are currently at risk for
developing kidney disease. The risk increases to 1 in 2
over the course of a lifetime.
 An estimated 31 million people (10% of U.S.
population) have chronic kidney disease (CKD).
 Kidney disease is the 8th leading cause of death in the
United States…killing over 90,000 Americans every
year – more than breast and prostate cancer combined.
 Every day 14 - 30 people die waiting for a kidney.
Primary Source: American Kidney Fund … http://www.kidneyfund.org/about-us/assets/pdfs/akf-kidneydiseasestatistics-2012.pdf

3. So What Does This Mean …
 End stage renal disease (ESRD) is the last stage of CKD and is the time
when dialysis or transplant is needed to stay alive.
 There are 120,000 Americans currently on the waiting list for a lifesaving
organ transplant, more than 100,000 need a kidney (84%) but fewer than
17,000 people receive one each year.
 Approximately 430,000 Americans are currently on dialysis. Without a
transplant, they have an average life expectancy of about five years. The
longer they are on dialysis…the less likely a subsequent transplant will be
successful.
 Approximately 185,000 lucky individuals are alive today thanks to
receiving a functioning kidney transplant.

4. People are DYING for a Solution
90,000 per year
246 per day
10+ per hour
1 every 6 min

5. How long do we have to wait?

6. 106,566 Candidates On Kidney Wait List –
2013 Outcomes…

7. A Transplant is Your Best Option

8. Kidney Transplant Facts
 16,894 Kidney
Transplants in 2013
 34% Living Donor
 66% Deceased Donor
 Kidney Transplant Wait
List – 106,566
 Current supply of kidney
organs only serve less
than 16% of wait list
demand!
2013 Kidney Donor
Transplants
11,161
5,733
Living Donor
Deceased Donor

9. Living Kidney Donor Facts…
 Living Donors
 5,733 kidneys
 83% donations from
family/spouse/friend
 60% Male/40%
Female
 50% Age 50 & up
 Living donor trend
has declined over
last 8 years even
though some states
offer tax
credits/deductions
or leave of absence
Current Reimbursement Practices Have
NOT Been Effective In Soliciting More
Live Transplant Organ Donors
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Live Transplant Donors
Total Living Donors (50) Leave of Absence Only (27) Tax Credit/Deduction (17)
Both Leave/Tax C-D (13) Neither Reimbursement (19)

10. Deceased Kidney Donor Facts
 Deceased Donors
 11,161 kidneys from
7,546 actual donors
 1.48 kidney per
donor
 Over 100 Million
citizens registered as
organ donor
candidates
 Of 2.5 million who
died in 2013…less
than 1% became an
actual deceased
organ donor!

11. If We Sign Up EVERY ADULT in the USA
to be a Deceased Donor Someday…
 Total U.S. Population = 316,128,839
 Adult Population = 240,257,918
 Current Registry Sign Ups = 100,000,000+
(now 41.6% of all U.S. Adults)
 100% Sign Ups = 2.4 Times Current rate
 Current Deceased Transplants = 11,161
 100% Sign Up Level = 26,786 Transplants
We would STILL only satisfy 25% of our CURRENT
Demand with Kidneys from Deceased Donors!

12. It’s Mathematically Impossible…
HARVESTING KIDNEYS from LESS THAN
1% of people who die each year
is a losing proposition …
100,253 on Kidney Wait List (as of 4/25/2014)
 2013 Wait List Additions – 36,397
 2013 Wait List Removals – 29,647*
*7,422 either died or were too sick for transplant

13. We Need to Face Reality …
Our current approach is simply inadequate to meet
our current and future organ transplant needs

14. We Have Great Medical Staffs …
 235+ U.S. Hospitals perform Kidney transplants
 Kidney transplant is one of the most cost-effective
surgery interventions available
 Primary Medicare Cost for transplant through
one year post-transplant is comparable to one
year cost of dialysis
 Our hospitals are operating UNDER capacity…
they need MORE organ donors!

15. No Shortage of Valuable Resources

16. The Solution…
 Emphasis only on Deceased Donor Registrations
will NEVER be adequate to meet demand
 Need MORE emphasis on Living Organ Donors
as these transplants are MORE successful and
LONGER LASTING than Deceased Donor
transplants
 Dialysis Medicare Costs are Higher than
Transplant Costs over the life of the patient
 Living Donor Transplants are the BEST option
to fill the kidney organ shortage gap!

17. Recommendations
 Modify existing 1984 law to make it affordable for Living
Donors to donate a kidney
 Resolve the gap between deceased donor candidate
sign-ups and actual deceased organ transplant donors
 Better integration of Hospital/Hospice/Funeral Home/Family
to comply with deceased’s commitment to become an organ
donor
 Formal documentation of reason(s) organs not harvested
for any designated deceased donor
 Educate General Public/Hospitals/Medical Staff on NEED
for Encouraging Organ Transplant Participation

18. Let’s Declare War on Kidney Disease!
Years Major War U.S. Deaths
1917 - 1918 World War I 116,516
1941 - 1945 World War II 405,399
1950 - 1953 Korean War 36,516
1955 - 1975 Vietnam War 58,209
2001 - Present Iraq / Afghanistan 6,717
623,357
3 Times Higher than all U.S. War Deaths in last 100 years!
1980 - Present War on Kidney Disease 1,900,992

19. Start Now by Signing this Petition
PLEASE sign this petition to explore ways
that we can compensate eligible living donors
to save lives and help curb
our “out-of-control” healthcare costs.
Click Here to Sign Petition
Thanks for taking this first step in helping someone
with Kidney Disease…please share this petition
request with others and consider becoming a donor!

20. Will You Help???
 Thus far … we have all failed to resolve this
serious organ transplant shortage gap.
 Far worst … there is a solution in our grasp that
would SAVE lives today by making living organ
transplant donations more affordable for everyone.
 Help get this message out … otherwise, 90,000
more will continue to die each year without our
intervention.
Thanks for your consideration!