April 08, 2026
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday struck down provisions of a California law that aims to restrict dialysis providers' ability to profit from patients receiving health insurance premium assistance from nonprofit charities, ruling in a published opinion that the provisions violated nonprofit American Kidney Fund's and dialysis providers' First Amendment rights.
January 02, 2020
Just two days before a new law was set to take effect, a California federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the state statute that patients with end-stage renal disease claim would kill a program that helps them afford dialysis treatment, saying some patients would face "potentially life-threatening" treatment disruptions.
November 04, 2019
The American Kidney Fund Inc. and Dialysis Patient Citizens Inc. have sued the state of California over a new law set to take effect in January, arguing that the statute was meant to kill a program that helps those with end-stage renal disease afford their health care.