Correspondence

May 28, 2023: AAKP Response to ABIM Call for Public Comment

November 16, 2023

May 28, 2023Ms. Anamika GavhaneSenior DirectorDiscipline-Specific GovernanceAmerican Board of Internal Medicine510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700Philadelphia, PA 19106Delivered via Electronic MailDear Ms. Gavhane:

Saving Organs One Flight at a Time Act Stakeholder Sign On Letter

October 31, 2023

October 30, 2023The Honorable Beth Van DuyneUnited States House of Representatives1725 Longworth House Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515Dear Representative Van Duyne,As stakeholders in the organ donation and transplantation community, we thank you for your leadership in introducing the Saving Organs One Flight at a Time Act (H.R.

August 8, 2023

U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationDockets Management Staff (HFA-305)5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061Rockville, MD 20852This letter represents a collaborative effort of the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (The Academy), and National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

RE: Support Federal Legislation to Ban Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY) in all federal programs

July 17, 2023

March 7, 2023The Honorable Cathy McMorris RodgersChairCommittee on Energy and CommerceUnited States House of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515The Honorable Jason SmithChairCommittee on Ways and MeansUnited States House of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr.

April 26, 2023

April 2023Statement of Policy Principles and Solutions: Living Organ DonationAs the leading, independent, national organizations representing patients, organ donors and donor families, transplant surgeons, and other transplant health professionals, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS CALL ON CONGRESS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR KIDNEY INNOVATION AND VETERANS WITH KIDNEY DISEASES

March 29, 2023 Today, more than 50 advocates from ASN and AAKP, representing people with kidney diseases and the health care professionals who serve them, will meet with their members of Congress and call for a $25 million investment in kidney innovation.

March 29, 2023