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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY CALLS ON CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE LEGISLATION AND INCREASE FUNDING FOR KIDNEY DISEASES

Latest Release: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY CALLS ON CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE LEGISLATION AND INCREASE FUNDING FOR KIDNEY DISEASES

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
• Today, leaders of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) are meeting with Congress to continue the process of modernizing the US transplant system, improving efficiency, transparency, and technology to better support the more than 100,000 Americans waiting for an organ transplant. • ASN is advocating for a $67 million appropriation for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Organ Transplant Program in Fiscal Year 2026. • ASN champions the Honor Our Living Donors Act, a bill to simplify the process by which living donors can have the costs associated with donating a kidney offset. • ASN is also calling for $25 million in funding for KidneyX to continue to catalyze the development of better preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic tools to manage kidney diseases

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