July Marks First Anniversary of Trump Kidney Executive Order
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) issued a patient editorial on the first anniversary of the Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health, signed by President Donald Trump on July 10, 2019.
- WASHINGTON, July 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) issued a patient editorial on the first anniversary of the Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health, signed by President Donald Trump on July 10, 2019.
- The sweeping executive order calls for an end to status quo kidney care in in the United States, which has been plagued by extremely high mortality rates, lack of medical innovation, limited utilization of home dialysis, and barriers to kidney transplantation.
- AAKP President Richard Knight, a 14-year kidney transplant patient stated, "The Executive Order on Advancing American KidneyHealth launched the most substantive, bipartisan, and optimistic change in American kidney policy in over 50 years.
- About the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP):AAKP is theoldest and largest kidney patient advocacy organization in the United States.