Patient advocacy groups speak out in support of Oregon Senate Bill 526
2.21.17 A bill before the 2017 Oregon Legislature would help protect patients from problems stemming... Continue reading »
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Patient advocacy groups send joint letter to Secretary Price to protect patient rights
2.14.2017 On Feb. 13, the Chronic Disease Coalition and 200 patient groups signed and sent... Continue reading »
Chronic Disease Coalition applauds court decision to halt federal rule that would harm kidney dialysis patients
1.26.17 A judge has halted a federal government rule that would have allowed insurance companies... Continue reading »
Feds take a stand for insurers over vulnerable patients
1.12.16 The Oregonian newspaper published an article by Chronic Disease Coalition Executive Director Scott Bruun... Continue reading »
Chronic Disease Coalition calls on federal government to overturn rule enabling insurers to discriminate against kidney disease patients
1.5.17 The Chronic Disease Coalition today submitted official comments on an administrative rule released by... Continue reading »
Take action to stop health insurers from denying coverage to kidney disease patients
1.4.17 Jim Myers, a Crown Point, Indiana, man with end-stage renal disease who is on... Continue reading »
A good New Year’s resolution for state insurance agencies? Be like Indiana
1.3.2017 Indiana residents can ring in the new year knowing that their state agency overseeing... Continue reading »
Chronic Disease Coalition issues statement on CMS rule that will harm kidney patients
12.13.16 The Chronic Disease Coalition today released the following statement from Scott Bruun, executive director:... Continue reading »
'Do no harm' to patients who need charitable assistance to afford their health care
10.4.16 The voices against insurances companies’ efforts to deny kidney patients access to charitable assistance... Continue reading »