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By DMUAdmin Joseph Vitale News & Releases
TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senators Joseph F. Vitale and Ellen Karcher which will require ambulatory care facilities in New Jersey to provide uncompensated outpatient renal dialysis services for uninsured, low-income people was signed into law on Friday by Governor Codey.
“For the many low-income New Jerseyans suffering from renal disease and kidney failure, this is great news,” said Senator Vitale, D-Middlesex, the Chair of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. “Our State is taking a big step to ensure access to life-sustaining dialysis treatments, without consideration of a patient’s ability to pay. We have made a bold statement that someone’s economic status shouldn’t prohibit them from receiving necessary medical attention and health care.”
By DMUAdmin Joseph Vitale News & Releases
TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senators Joseph F. Vitale and Ellen Karcher which would require ambulatory care facilities in New Jersey to provide uncompensated outpatient renal dialysis services for uninsured, low-income people was approved by the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee today by a vote of 8-2.
“Renal dialysis is not an elective medical procedure, but a life-sustaining treatment for those living with kidney disease or failure,” said Senator Vitale, D-Middlesex, the Chair of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. “We have an obligation to provide access to this mandatory medical treatment to uninsured, low-income New Jerseyans without the means to pay for it themselves. Outpatient dialysis facility operators should step up, and meet their own obligations to the uninsured in the Garden State.”
By DMUAdmin News & Releases
TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senators Joseph F. Vitale and Ellen Karcher which would require ambulatory care facilities in New Jersey to provide uncompensated outpatient renal dialysis services for uninsured, low-income people was approved by the Senate today by a vote of 34-0.
“More than 1.3 million New Jerseyans are currently living without even the most basic health care coverage,” said Senator Vitale, D-Middlesex, the Chair of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. “Without insurance, minor medical conditions can seem like emergencies, and even life-saving procedures like renal dialysis can be out of reach for those who need it. This measure would ensure that, even for those New Jerseyans without insurance, anyone who need dialysis treatments to survive will have access.”
By DMUAdmin Joseph Vitale News & Releases
TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senators Joseph F. Vitale and Ellen Karcher which would require ambulatory care facilities in New Jersey to provide uncompensated outpatient renal dialysis services for uninsured, low-income people was approved by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee today by a vote of 8-0, with 2 abstentions.
“Today in New Jersey, 1.3 million people do not have health insurance,” said Senator Vitale, D-Middlesex, the Chair of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. “Living without the most basic health care coverage can make dealing with even minor medical conditions difficult, and can make complex, expensive procedures like dialysis impossible. We need to give New Jersey’s uninsured a helping hand, and ensure that economic status does not keep New Jerseyans from the health care they so desperately need.”