AAKP believes patients are the best advocates for important issues facing kidney patients. Recognize National Kidney Disease Awareness Month by becoming active in the renal community and learning the three keys to making an impact in Washington, D.C.
 
Three Keys to Impact Kidney Disease Legislation:

• Who are the decision makers I want to reach?
• How can patients make our voices heard?
• What do we want decision makers to do and what do we want to change?

To find out the answers to the questions above, visit the AAKP Web site, www.aakp.org. Remember, your voice does make a difference in influencing public policy.

This article originally appeared in the March 2008 issue of AAKP Public Policy Briefing.