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On May 4 - or May the Fourth, widely-known as Star Wars Day - AKF hosted its annual Kidney Action Summit, connecting Ambassadors and their elected officials to ...
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Copay assistance programs were designed to help people with chronic illnesses who struggling financially afford their medications. However, insurers' accum...
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The No Surprises Act went into effect on Jan. 2, 2022, providing health care consumer with protections from 'surprise medical bills.'
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On April 26, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL) introduced the Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA), or H.R. 7585, which aims to make our health care syste...
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AKF recently responded to an RFI from CMS about how CMS can improve the organ donation and transplantation processes, the quality of dialysis care and ways to a...
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Welcome to our "What's happening in the states" blog series, where we provide monthly legislative updates on what the American Kidney Fund (AKF) ...
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Despite the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Kidney Fund (AKF) was still able to successfully advocate throughout 2021 for policies tha...
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LaVarne Burton, American Kidney Fund President and CEO, participated in The Atlantic Health Summit in a panel discussion on "The Power of Patient Advocacy....
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The Biden administration recently withdrew an unreleased draft rule on end-stage renal disease conditions of coverage that was expected to address the controver...