December 8, 2025 The Honorable Shelley Moore CapitoChair, Subcommittee on Labor-HHS AppropriationsUnited States Senate170 Russell Senate Office Building,Washington, DC 20510The Honorable Tammy BaldwinRanking Member, Subcommittee on Labor-HHS AppropriationsUnited States Senate141 Hart Senate Office Building,Washington, DC 20510The
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Jennifer Duplessie
ASTS, AST, AAKP Joint LDPA Letter
November 10, 2025Representative Don BaconU.S. House of Representatives2104 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 Representative Jerrold NadlerU.S. House of Representatives2132 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515Subject: AAKP, ASTS, AST Endorsement – Living Donor Protection Act of 2025 (H.R. 4582 and H.R.
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AAKP Independence Day Statement 2025
AAKP Independence Day Statement 2025 Dear AAKP Members, Friends, and Allies:As we celebrate this Fourth of July, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) proudly honors the courageous men and women who took a stand for liberty and battled to free our nation from the yoke of the tyrannical King of England over 250 years ago.
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PIPC Letter on Medicare Negotiation Guidance
June 26, 2025Chris KlompCMS Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for MedicareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesU.S. Department of Health and Human Services7500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, MD 212440-1850Dear Deputy Administrator Klomp:
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS COMMEMORATES JUNETEENTH
STATEMENT AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS COMMEMORATES JUNETEENTH Washington, D.C.: The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the largest and oldest independent kidney patient organization in the United States, issued the following statement from AAKP President Edward V. Hickey, III, in commemoration of Juneteenth:
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2025 World Kidney Day Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 13, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT:Jennifer RateDirector, Communications & Digital Operationsjrate@aakp.org(813) 400-2394 2025 World Kidney Day Statement American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) Washington, D.C.:
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AAKP Press Release: Largest U.S. Kidney Patient Group Tells Disney CEO Robert Iger to Hold The View Co-Host Joy Behar Publicly Accountable for Saying Kidney Donation is Contingent Upon Political Beliefs of Transplant Recipient
For Immediate Release:March 7, 2025 Media Contact:Jennifer RateDirector, Communications and Digital Operationsjrate@aakp.org(813) 400-2394 Largest U.S.
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Re: Extending Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities
Mike JohnsonSpeaker of the HouseCannon House Office Building, 418Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Mitch McConnellMinority Leader of the SenateRussell Senate Office Building, 317Washington, DC 20515Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Hakeem JeffriesHouse Minority LeaderRayburn House Office Building, 2433Washington, DC 20515 Re:
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ODRIA Stakeholder Endorsement Letter
October 31, 2024 The Honorable Rob WittmanU.S. House of Representatives2055 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 The Honorable Jennifer McClellanU.S. House of Representatives2417 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 The Honorable Mariannette Miller-MeeksU.S.
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Largest Kidney Patient Group Joins Lawsuit Against Medicare
Largest Kidney Patient Group Joins Lawsuit Against Medicare Patient Choice Limited by CMS Violations of Legal and Regulatory Authority CMS Overreach Impacts Timely Access to Phosphorus Therapy Innovations WASHINGTON, D.C.: The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
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