{"id":7740,"date":"2023-11-30T07:15:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7740"},"modified":"2023-11-30T07:15:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T15:15:17","slug":"press-conference-hundreds-of-transplant-patients-physicians-and-health-equity-advocates-expected-to-rally-on-capitol-hill-on-tuesday-december-5-to-ask-president-joe-biden-and-hhs-secretary-xavier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/11\/30\/press-conference-hundreds-of-transplant-patients-physicians-and-health-equity-advocates-expected-to-rally-on-capitol-hill-on-tuesday-december-5-to-ask-president-joe-biden-and-hhs-secretary-xavier\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Conference: Hundreds of transplant patients, physicians, and health equity advocates expected to rally on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, December 5 to ask President Joe Biden and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra: &#8220;Urgently intervene! Stop private contractors from rolling back Medicare coverage for crucial transplant blood tests before it is too late.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7740\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p><em>Medicare changes announced in&nbsp;March 2023&nbsp;have alarmed transplant patients and clinicians, causing significant decline in crucial blood test use to detect early signs of organ transplant rejection.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The transplant community is fearful their voices have been ignored and are making a public plea to the Biden Administration.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Universally celebrated recording artist and transplant patient Al B. Sure! and civil rights and social justice leader, Rev.\u00a0Al Sharpton\u00a0joining the cause and fighting for minorities and the underserved who are disproportionately affected by these rollbacks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON,\u00a0Nov. 29, 2023\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Honor the Gift, a coalition representing organ transplant patients across the nation, will be joined by Representative\u00a0Don Bacon\u00a0(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4037840-1&amp;h=311674878&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fsa%3DX%26sca_esv%3D586055818%26biw%3D1834%26bih%3D883%26sxsrf%3DAM9HkKnNXSCSzW6DnLreu4imHOvOsfo2xA%3A1701204303069%26q%3DRepublican%2BParty%26si%3DALGXSlZS0YT-iRe81F2cKC9lM9KWTK4y0m5Atx8g9YliNNw2mZNzJ5MonSmpiDVTZ-cBIxG_rqkQblZqqU-05TNytv5TkWARuMwK0mMkjZ7PDTahXDq_vKiKCAnt44c_C9gKIgE7X69tIguTS1XhaI2_lNjnK3PK0p9R1l9xAtZrNm5nQ3xAWSUgEZJ7sh3wyjRc8Yc7RsGSGepLTvrNlOx3E1i61Pd3fA%253D%253D%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjtxbLxx-eCAxXXEFkFHe7fDyYQmxMoAHoECBcQAg&amp;a=R\" target=\"_blank\">R<\/a>-NE), the American Association of Kidney Patient&#8217;s (AAKP) Chair of Policy and Global Affairs Paul T. Conway, Al B Sure!, Executive Chairman of the newly formed &#8220;Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition,&#8221; Rev.\u00a0Al Sharpton, Senior Advisor, and other leaders in the transplant field, to hold a press conference on\u00a0December 5, 2023\u00a0in the Cannon Caucus Room\u00a0on Capitol Hill in\u00a0Washington D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/press-conference-hundreds-of-transplant-patients-physicians-and-health-equity-advocates-expected-to-rally-on-capitol-hill-on-tuesday-december-5-to-ask-president-joe-biden-and-hhs-secretary-xavier-becerra-urgently-intervene--302000937.html\">Read the full press release<\/a> from Honor the Gift.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7740\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading Medicare changes announced in&nbsp;March 2023&nbsp;have alarmed transplant patients and clinicians, causing significant decline in crucial blood test use to detect early signs of organ transplant rejection. The transplant community &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/11\/30\/press-conference-hundreds-of-transplant-patients-physicians-and-health-equity-advocates-expected-to-rally-on-capitol-hill-on-tuesday-december-5-to-ask-president-joe-biden-and-hhs-secretary-xavier\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Press Conference: Hundreds of transplant patients, physicians, and health equity advocates expected to rally on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, December 5 to ask President Joe Biden and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra: &#8220;Urgently intervene! 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