Reform, not price controls, is the right path for Louisiana kidney patients

By: Michael Wright

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: April 6, 2026

Words: 557

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago


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For Louisiana patients living with chronic illness, consistent access to needed treatments is essential to staying healthy. But in practice, that access is too often undermined by a system that drives up costs and creates barriers between patients and the care they need.

We must address these underlying problems by advancing policies that strengthen access to care — not proposals that create new bureaucracy without solving the problems patients face.

Kidney disease affects far …

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