WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Vern Buchanan (FL-16) delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on improving kidney health:
As prepared for delivery.
"Good afternoonand thank you to the witnesses for being here to discuss an important issue: improving kidney health in America.
"Chronic kidney disease and End-Stage Renal Disease are devastating and expensive diseases.
"15 percent of American adults live with some form of CKD, and more than 800,000 patients live with ESRD.
"These patients are very sick, with more than 500,000 of them requiring mul...