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Inclusion of race variables is inaccurate to a large degree, and also contributes to disparities in access to care. >> reporter: historically, black patients have had to wait longer for kidney transplants than other races, in part because of an outdated test that overestimated kidney function in african americans. the nation's transplant system is now banning that test and instructing every kidney transplant program to credit affected black patients with time. black people are four times more likely to be diagnosed with kidney failure than white people. the median wait time for black patients ...

Kidney disease and got a transplant in 2012. her disease returned. she has been driving 40 miles three times a week to spend hours in dialysis. >> the alternative is not being alive anymore. so i want to see my daughter grow up. i know it is hard on her to watch her mom. i've been sick her whole life. >> what's the hardest part of living through this and waiting for a kidney transplant? >> the hardest part is the wait. sometimes i get anxious when my phone rings because i don't know if it's a call for a transplant. i feel like my heart races every time i hear my phone ring. >> reporter: that c...