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National Kidney Registry Faces Criticism Over For-Profit Shift

12/27/2025

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Garet Hil founded the National Kidney Registry (N.K.R.) in 2007 after his daughter's illness.
The N.K.R. pools incompatible donors to facilitate paired kidney donations and has enabled nearly 12,000 swaps.
Critics say the nonprofit's move toward for-profit status could affect patient care due to higher fees and growing influence.
Despite progress in deceased-donor transplants, living-donor numbers have stagnated.

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Garet Hil founded the National Kidney Registry (N.K.R.) in 2007 after his daughter's illness.
The N.K.R. pools incompatible donors to facilitate paired kidney donations and has enabled nearly 12,000 swaps.
Critics say the nonprofit's move toward for-profit status could affect patient care due to higher fees and growing influence.
Despite progress in deceased-donor transplants, living-donor numbers have stagnated.