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All Kidney Policy is Local™ - AAKP Ambassador Precious McCowan, PhD

AAKP is taking advocacy to the next level with our All Kidney Policy is Local™ campaign! Health policy decisions made in the offices and conferences rooms across Washington, D.C., by your elected Congressional leaders and federal agency officials, are not abstract. They impact the lives and livelihoods of all Americans. If you, or someone you love is living with kidney disease, the stakes are even more personal and especially urgent. Every week, federal lawmakers and agency officials weigh decisions that impact the national goal of preventing kidney disease, improving dialysis patient safety and transplant readiness, and increasing transplant opportunities and protections for living kidney donors. Further, these same officials make decisions that will impact, and even restrict, your right to patient care choice and access to new FDA-approved kidney diagnostics, drugs, and devices. The harsh reality is - amidst the fog of policy meetings, power lunches and television cameras – some lawmakers fail to connect the consequences of the actions they take in Washington, D.C. to the constituents they serve, including kidney patients and organ donors. This is why it is vitally important for policymakers to hear directly from their constituents when they return to their home states and districts for their summer breaks. KidneyVoter™ stories about unmet patient needs and the impacts of federal policy decisions can help educate Congressional leaders and help them better connect the dots between their high-level decisions and the day-to-day realities you manage in the fight for better health and independence from the burdens of kidney disease. Learn more at www.aakp.org or become a member of AAKP for FREE at www.aakp.org/join.