{"id":3618,"date":"2021-10-24T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:13:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:13:21","slug":"nkf-statement-on-key-healthcare-policies-to-help-kidney-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2021\/10\/24\/nkf-statement-on-key-healthcare-policies-to-help-kidney-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"NKF Statement on Key Healthcare Policies to Help Kidney Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3618\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"3\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>&#8220;This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is reviewing several policy initiatives in the budget reconciliation process that, if passed, could positively impact patients with\u00a0kidney disease. The National Kidney Foundation and our advocates nationwide have been working closely with Congress to keep kidney patients and their unique needs front and center and we strongly support the following initiatives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lowering the Cost of Prescription Drugs<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NKF is proud to have worked with the Partnership to Protect Coverage in advocating for lower cost prescription drugs for our patients. Among other things, this provision caps Medicare Part D out of pocket costs at $2000 per patient, per year.\u00a0&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidney.org\/news\/nkf-statement-key-healthcare-policies-to-help-kidney-patients\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3618\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"3\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading &#8220;This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is reviewing several policy initiatives in the budget reconciliation process that, if passed, could positively impact patients with\u00a0kidney disease. The National Kidney &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2021\/10\/24\/nkf-statement-on-key-healthcare-policies-to-help-kidney-patients\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NKF Statement on Key Healthcare Policies to Help Kidney Patients&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","_ecp_custom_2":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[912,2],"tags":[18,64],"post_format":[],"Dislikes":"","Likes":"","simplefavorites_count":"3","views":"1359","post_likes_plusCounter":"1","post_dislikes_plusCounter":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3619,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618\/revisions\/3619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3618"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_format?post=3618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}