The authority of courage and compassion: Healthcare policy leadership in addressing the kidney disease public health epidemic.

ABSTRACT: Recent developments in US kidney-related healthcare policy have made chronic kidney disease (CKD) a societal focus in the United States. In the biggest policy change since the 1972 Social Security Amendments that extended Medicare coverage to patients with kidney failure regardless of age, a 2019 presidential executive order pledged to reduce end-stage kidney disease, slow CKD progression, increase kidney transplants, and focus on home dialysis care. This manuscript seeks to outline key factors that can enable this milestone moment to evolve a policy framework that improves the health of society while being economically sustainable. Understanding the sociohistorical context of healthcare policy and the related lessons learned demonstrates that policy must take a broader view of the societa

SUBMITTER: Maddux FW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7004129 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature