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Welcome to the NKF Action Center
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”5″ down=”10″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1527016664437{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”]The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is the largest, most comprehensive and longstanding, patient centric organization dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease in the US. Together, we can enhance the lives of kidney patients by making our voices heard in support of the issues affecting funding, treatment, research and more. Join the effort today.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”20″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”46″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_rounded” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”left” background_color=”#ffffff” padding_top=”30″ padding_bottom=”40″ css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]
Hear Our Mission In Your Advocates Own Words
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”5″ down=”10″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1560524842739{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Listen to our Kidney Advocacy Committee patients and other supporters talk about why they have raised their voices for kidney patients across the country. You can also hear more about the Annual Kidney Patient Summit from our advocates.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”20″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u20fw687Ag&feature=youtu.be” align=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” background_color=”#f15e22″ padding_top=”30″ padding_bottom=”20″ el_id=”dykhome”][vc_column][vc_column_text]DID YOU KNOW?[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”11″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][testimonials category=”dyk” order_by=”rand” author_image=”no” author_text_font_weight=”500″ show_navigation=”no” auto_rotate_slides=”10″ animation_type=”fade_option” text_color=”#ffffff” text_font_size=”24″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” el_id=”action”][vc_column][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”center” background_color=”#f9f9f9″ padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”10″ css_animation=””][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]
Use Your Voice to Help Kidney Disease Patients
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Congress: Co-Sponsor the Living Donor Protection Act
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal” up=”0″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1491593775267{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”]The Living Donor Protection Act will protect living organ donors and remove barriers to donation by prohibiting insurance companies from denying or limiting life, disability and long term care insurance to living donors, and from charging higher premiums. It will also help to protect the jobs of living donors while they recover from donation.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”43″][button icon=”” target=”_self” hover_type=”default” text_align=”center” text=”Write Congress Now” link=”https://nkfsand.sparkinfluence.net/action-view/?sl=living-donor-protection-act-of-2019-ns” hover_color=”#f15e22″ background_color=”#f15e22″ hover_background_color=”#ffffff”][vc_separator type=”transparent” down=”30″][button icon=”” target=”_self” hover_type=”default” text=”Tweet Congress Now” color=”#ffffff” hover_color=”#f15e22″ background_color=”#f15e22″ hover_background_color=”#ffffff” link=”https://nkfsand.sparkinfluence.net/action-view/?sl=ldpa-2017-tweet”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”99408″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” qode_css_animation=”” link=”https://nkfsand.sparkinfluence.net/action-view?sl=ckd-story” css=”.vc_custom_1553203459154{padding-bottom: px !important;}”][vc_separator type=”normal” up=”12″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1553203469624{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]
Share Your Kidney Disease Story With Us
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal” up=”27″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1541190015835{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”]To keep our momentum in Washington, D.C. and your state capitals, we need to share your stories. When we are asked, “Are there examples of a living kidney donor being discriminated against in…” or “Tell me about constituents whose lives would have been changed by earlier detection of kidney disease…” we want to share your story with them.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”43″ down=”0″][button icon=”” target=”_self” hover_type=”default” text_align=”center” text=”Share Your Story With Us!” link=”https://nkfsand.sparkinfluence.net/action-view?sl=ckd-story” hover_color=”#f15e22″ background_color=”#f15e22″ hover_background_color=”#ffffff”][vc_separator type=”transparent” down=”30″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”101509″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” qode_css_animation=”” link=”https://nkfsand.sparkinfluence.net/action-view/?sl=pcori-reauthorization” css=”.vc_custom_1559936282584{padding-bottom: px !important;}”][vc_separator type=”normal” up=”35″ down=”15″][vc_column_text]
Help us prioritize patient-centered research
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) provides patients and caregivers with information needed to make decisions about the treatment or other care options best for them. To date, PCORI has supported 19 kidney-specific studies that are already helping patients and caregivers. Unless Congress acts to reauthorize PCORI, this meaningful research will cease at the end of 2019
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30 million Americans with kidney disease: Action is Needed Now
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_column_text]Tell Congress to Act to Fund Kidney Disease Research and Programs! The latest data coming from CDC’s Chronic Kidney Disease Surveillance Project shows the number of Americans with CKD is higher than previously estimated. There is action Congress can take to support funding for research and programs that generate awareness and promote improved access to treatment for CKD.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”11″][button icon=”” target=”_self” hover_type=”default” text=”Write Congress Now” color=”#ffffff” hover_color=”#f15e22″ background_color=”#f15e22″ hover_background_color=”#ffffff” link=”https://nkfsand.sparkinfluence.net/action-view/?sl=appropriations-alert-6-12-17″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”10″ down=”30″][button icon=”” target=”_self” hover_type=”default” text=”TweetCongress Now” color=”#ffffff” hover_color=”#f15e22″ background_color=”#f15e22″ hover_background_color=”#ffffff” link=”https://nkfsand.sparkinfluence.net/action-view/?sl=appropriations-tweet-alert-6-12-17″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image=”16685″ background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” background_color=”#474747″][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”center” padding_top=”50″ css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][counter type=”random” box=”no” position=”center” separator=”no” digit=”678383″ text=”Have end-stage renal disease (ESRD)” font_color=”#ffffff” text_color=”#ffffff”][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”5″ down=”0″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][counter type=”random” box=”no” position=”center” separator=”no” digit=”96932″ text=”Americans on the Kidney Transplant Waitlist” font_color=”#ffffff” text_color=”#ffffff”][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”5″ down=”0″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][counter type=”random” box=”no” position=”center” text_font_weight=”700″ separator=”no” digit=”95254″ text=”People with ESRD who died in 2014″ font_color=”#ffffff” text_color=”#ffffff”][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”35″ down=”0″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]
Source: https://www.kidney.org/news/newsroom/factsheets/CKD-A-Growing-Problem
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You are the strongest advocate for kidney disease patients, living donors, and their families
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Highlights
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Read our latest Advocacy Blog
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6th Annual Kidney Patient Summit
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Advocacy Resources
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Join a Kidney Walk
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