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TO HEALTH, MEDICAL, AND NATIONAL EDITORS:
DPC Education Center to Honor Former Senator John Culver at Upcoming
Gala
WASHINGTON, March 10, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The DPC
Education Center will honor Former United States Senator John Culver
at its Inaugural Gala on March 11, 2014. "Senator Culver came to
Washington, DC to fight for a better and more just society," said
Nancy L. Scott, the DPC Education Center Board President. "We are
honored to recognize his many years of dedicated public service and
very much appreciate his efforts to increase public awareness of
kidney disease."
Senator Culver advocated for countless bills to advance our nation and
its people. Perhaps none were more important to kidney disease
patients than the 1972 law expanding Medicare coverage to include
dialysis treatment for all kidney failure patients, not just those
over the age of 65. Then Representative Culver was joined by 304
colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to enact this
life-saving provision into law.
During his distinguished career in Congress, Senator Culver supported
a wide range of progressive issues from civil liberties and
environmental protection to foreign assistance and domestic
infrastructure. In fact, during his third year in the Senate, The New
Yorker wrote that "Culver had already established himself as one of
the more effective members of the Senate." This two-part series about
Senator Culver was turned into the book "Senator" by Elizabeth Drew.
"I want to congratulate the DPC Education Center for its efforts to
increase the understanding of kidney disease. I am pleased to support
its efforts to raise public awareness of kidney disease," said Senator
Culver a current dialysis patient.
The Inaugural Gala of DPC Education Center will be held in Washington,
D.C. at 101 Constitution Avenue's Rooftop Terrace. For tickets,
please contact Kristy Lukaszewski at 202-789-6931 or
klukaszewski@dialysispatients.org. Individual tickets are also
available online at www.DPCEdCenter.org.
About DPC Education Center DPC Education Center is an affiliate of
Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) and is dedicated to improving kidney
patients' quality of life and reducing the occurrence of End Stage
Renal Disease (ESRD) through education and by developing awareness of
dialysis and kidney disease issues, improving the partnership between
patients and caregivers, and developing favorable public policy
solutions.
The DPC Education Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable
organization governed by kidney disease patients. It is an affiliate
of Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC). All donations to DPC Education
Center are tax-deductible to the full extent of applicable laws. EIN
37-1698796
Contact Hrant Jamgochian, JD, LL.M. Executive Director DPC Education
Center 122 C Street NW, Suite 510 Washington, DC 20001 Phone:
202-789-6933 Toll free: 866-877-4242 FAX: 202-789-6935
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