AB 290 will take charitable premium assistance away from patients like me

OPINION – I spent most of my career as a nurse and kidney transplant coordinator. For years, I helped connect others to lifesaving treatments. But I also know what it’s like to be on the other side with more than 94,000 Californians living with kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
I have had type 1 diabetes since I was six years old, which
eventually damaged my kidneys. In 1996, I received my first kidney transplant
when my kidneys stopped functioning. Then i