California Dialysis Patient Resources

Patient Support and Financial Resources

Community Health Partnership - Diabetes Coalition of Santa Clara County [2]
Provides low-income, uninsured or underinsured individuals access to diabetic medical supplies, with an emphasis on the Latino population.
1-408-556-6605
Santa Clara County

The Kidney TRUST [3]
Assists dialysis patients needing help with co-pays, co-insurance and deductibles for medical treatment, services, and prescription drugs. Please note that the Kidney Trust has specific application periods during each year. Please check before you apply.
1-866-399-7634

National Kidney Foundation Serving Southern California & Southern Nevada [4]
This foundation has an emergency assistance fund to aid dialysis and transplant patients who are experiencing financial crisis.
1-800-747-5527

ESRD Network

Northern California
#17 Western Pacific Renal Network [5]
505 San Marin Dr. Bldg. A, Suite 300
Novato, CA  94945
1-800-232-3773

Southern California
#18 Southern California Renal Disease Council [6]
6255 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 2211
Los Angeles, CA  90028
1-323-962-2020

State-Run Programs

Medi-Cal [7]
1-916-445-4171

• Adult Programs: This is a public health insurance program which provides needed health care services for low-income individuals including families with children, seniors, persons with disabilities, foster care, pregnant women, and low income people with specific diseases such as tuberculosis, breast cancer or HIV/AIDS.
• Programs for Children: Healthy Families is low cost insurance for children and teens.

 

Health Reform Status:

Exchange: California will run its own state-based health insurance exchange.

Medicaid: The state will expand Medicaid eligibility.