DaVita Kidney Care, a division of DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), and a leading provider of kidney care services in the United States, issued the following statement.

We are grateful that Californians voted down Proposition 8. It's disappointing that the SEIU-UHW used the ballot initiative process as leverage in pursuing their own objectives, despite the potential harmful consequences to nearly 70,000 California dialysis patients. We appreciate our caregivers who put our patients first and remained focused on delivering life-sustaining care to our patients. We will oppose any similarly misguided policies, promoted by the SEIU-UHW or others, in the future.