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Dec 13
Kidney and Health Equity Advocates Meet with Sen. Schumer's Staff to Urge Adoption of the Kidney PATIENT Act
Advocates for health equity and kidney care, including Jeremy Morlock of the Kidney Foundation of WNY and Dr. Liise Kayler of ECMC, met...
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Dec 2
Advocates Call for Passage of the Kidney PATIENT Act
Kidney health organizations, medical providers and dialysis patients are pushing Congress to move forward quickly on the Kidney PATIENT...
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Nov 22
More than 50 Representatives are Now Co-Sponsoring the Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
More than 50 members of the House of Representatives, including five from districts in New York State, have cosponsored the Restore...
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Nov 19
The Living Donor Protection Act is Still Awaiting Congressional Approval
With 2024 nearing a close, kidney health and transplant advocates are pushing Congress to approve the Living Donor Protection Act (H.R. 2923
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Apr 19
Donation and Transplantation Advocacy in Albany
The Kidney Foundation of WNY joined Donate Life New York State for a legislative education event in Albany on April 16, 2024.
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Mar 26
Health Groups Call for Passage of the Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 6860)
Kidney health organizations, people with kidney disease and medical professionals are asking Congress to move quickly to protect private...
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Feb 23
NY State Rated B in Living Donor Protections
The American Kidney Fund (AKF) released its State of the States: Living Donor Protection Report Card this week. According to AKF, the...
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Aug 22, 2023
Kidney Health Advocates Oppose FDA Proposal on Salt Substitutes
The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics are among the organizations strongly...
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May 8, 2023
New York State Living Donor Support Act
New York State adopted its Living Donor Support Act at the end of 2022. The act is intended to encourage living organ donation by...
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May 8, 2023
Living Donor Protection Act
The Living Donor Protection Act was recently re-introduced for Congressional consideration by a bi-partisan group of representatives and...
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Dec 13, 2022
Action Alert: Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign The Doorways to Donation Act of 2022
The Doorways to Donation Act (S.8805 Breslin/A.10186 Gunther) integrates the donor designation question into administrative processes by...
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