FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 28, 2024MEDIA CONTACT:Jennifer Rate, Director, Communications and Digital [email protected](813) 400-2394Kidney Patients Highlight Authors to Celebrate National Doctors DayLargest Kidney Patient Group Honors Expert Authors Known for Patient AdvocacyWashington, D.C.:
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Jennifer Duplessie
2024 World Kidney Day Statement
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Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act (H.R. 2706/S. 1183)
Supporting OrganizationsThe National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) works collaboratively with a group of diverse stakeholders representing the disability and medical community to advocate for the Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act. The following organizations have formally supported the bill:
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New CDC Respiratory Guidance Ignores Kidney Patient Concerns
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Kidney Patients Target Medicare Transplant Double Standard
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 9, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Jennifer Rate Director, Communications and Digital Operations [email protected] (813)
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Organ Transportation FAA Sign-On Letter January 2024
January 18, 2024 Dear Chair Cantwell, Ranking Member Cruz, Chair Graves, and Ranking Member Larsen:As stakeholders in the organ donation and transplant community, we appreciate your leadership in including an organ transportation provision in the House and Senate Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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May 28, 2023: AAKP Response to ABIM Call for Public Comment
May 28, 2023Ms. Anamika GavhaneSenior DirectorDiscipline-Specific GovernanceAmerican Board of Internal Medicine510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700Philadelphia, PA 19106Delivered via Electronic MailDear Ms. Gavhane:
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Saving Organs One Flight at a Time Act Stakeholder Sign On Letter
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.
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RE: Support Federal Legislation to Ban Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY) in all federal programs
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.
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Kidney Patients Expand Worldwide Impact on Medical Innovations
Kidney Patients Expand Worldwide Impact on Medical Innovations Patient-Led Global Summit on Science, Policy, and Care Choice Drives OptimismFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:July 13, 2023MEDIA CONTACT:Jennifer RateDirector, Communications & Digital [email protected](813) 400-2394WASHINGTON, D.C.
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