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By Eugene Lin MD MS;\u00a0Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Southern California<\/h5>\n

One thing I\u2019ve noticed in the last fifteen years is how aware<\/em> Americans have become of health policy issues. When I first told people as an undergrad that I wanted to pursue a career in health policy, I almost always received glazed looks in response. \u201cWhat would that look like exactly?\u201d Now, virtually everyone I meet (Lyft drivers, new friends at get-togethers, strangers on the plane, new colleagues) has an opinion, when they learn that I am a nephrologist and health policy researcher.<\/p>\n

As I reflected on this change in America\u2019s consciousness, I came to the conclusion that healthcare has become so complex and so expensive that everyone has either been directly affected or knows someone who has been affected by the rising cost of healthcare.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, I think we forget that we are providers who provide healthcare<\/em> but that this doesn\u2019t necessarily translate into health<\/em>. We forget that patients are impacted by everything we do. I\u2019ve heard so many times from colleagues \u201cit doesn\u2019t hurt to order this extra test\u201d or \u201cto get this unnecessary consult\u201d or \u201cto try this expensive medication.\u201d We forget that everything we do costs our patients not only money, but time \u2013 our patients\u2019 most precious commodity. As nephrologists, we are all first-hand witnesses to the impact of asking our patients on hemodialysis to spend half their lives with us.<\/p>\n

I believe that our fragmented system is a product of a provider- and payer-centric model that emphasizes healthcare, but not health. Though we are not entirely at fault, I believe we have gotten tangled up in fighting for us. To be fair, many of these fights are critically important: how do we attract more candidates to nephrology, how do we ensure reimbursements are fair, how do we develop more efficient ways to organize our specialty? However, sometimes we need to take a step back and remember that we became physicians because first and foremost we wanted to advocate for our patients\u2019 health.<\/p>\n

As a member of ASN\u2019s Policy and Advocacy Committee, I am proud to contribute my voice to ASN\u2019s advocacy agenda. Our patients are some of the sickest and most vulnerable in the American population. From advocating for more nephrology research, to developing improvements in care delivery, to ensuring that policies make healthcare accessibility easier and more affordable for patients, ASN continues to be one of the main leaders in pushing for better nephrology care for patients with kidney diseases.<\/p>\n

Fighting for our patients is hard but paramount. While the challenges ahead are daunting, I am optimistic that we can build something that is better for our patients and our society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":2240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-2549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-usc-ukro-kidney-research-center"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOpinion: Fight for our patients' health amongst high costs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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