{"id":5337,"date":"2022-08-27T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=5337"},"modified":"2022-08-25T14:15:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T21:15:24","slug":"my-brother-needed-a-liver-transplant-but-didnt-have-health-insurance-my-advocacy-is-what-got-him-on-the-donor-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2022\/08\/27\/my-brother-needed-a-liver-transplant-but-didnt-have-health-insurance-my-advocacy-is-what-got-him-on-the-donor-list\/","title":{"rendered":"My brother needed a liver transplant but didn&#8217;t have health insurance. My advocacy is what got him on the donor list."},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5337\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>My brother was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis \u2014 a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/antioxidant-supplements-can-cause-liver-damage-experts-warn-2021-1\">liver disease<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 resulting from the autoimmune condition ulcerative colitis in 2016. The condition is incurable and progresses to liver failure without a liver transplant. Fortunately, he was transplanted on July 8, 2018, and has been doing well ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the process of getting him a transplant was a challenge, and quite eye-opening. I thought I&#8217;d watched enough medical dramas to give me a basic understanding \u2014 but, of course, it&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/new-liver-transplant-rules-begin-amid-fight-over-fairness-2019-5\">nowhere as simple<\/a>\u00a0in real life as it appears on television. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/liver-transplant-organ-donor-list-process-uninsured-advice-2022-8\">Read the full story<\/a> in Insider.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5337\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading My brother was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis \u2014 a&nbsp;liver disease&nbsp;\u2014 resulting from the autoimmune condition ulcerative colitis in 2016. 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