🚨 A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR KIDNEY CARE IN AMERIC Today, October 20, 2026, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its 2026 Kidney Care National Plan (KCNP), signaling a major shift in national kidney health policy. The plan focuses on 3 transformative priorities: 🌱 PREVENT KIDNEY FAILURE (ESRD): Detect CKD earlier, slow its progression, and invest in preventive interventions, including evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle approaches. 💙 IMPROVE DIALYSIS CARE AND EXPAND PATIENT CHOICE: Promote innovation, better dialysis outcomes, home dialysis, and greater treatment options. 🫘 REFORM KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: Expand access to transplantation, strengthen living donation, and improve safety, accountability, and transparency. 🌟 MY TAKE: THE GOLDEN ERA OF KIDNEY NUTRITION HAS ARRIVED! For decades, many of us have advocated for greater emphasis on nutritional interventions, including plant-dominant dietary approaches, to preserve kidney function and delay progression to kidney failure. The new national plan represents an important policy opportunity to advance this vision. The long-awaited Golden Era of delaying the transition from advanced CKD to dialysis through diet, nutrition, and comprehensive kidney-protective care may finally be upon us. We believe the USA can lead this transformation, with the rest of the world following. As we advance these goals, the @ESRDNetworks Forum of ESRD Networks and its nationwide network community have an important role in promoting patient-centered care, quality improvement, and meaningful patient choice. 🔗 Official HHS Kidney Care National Plan: aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/f… 🔗 National Forum of ESRD Networks: esrdnetworks.org/ The future of kidney care should not begin with dialysis. It should begin with prevention. Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD #KidneyCareNationalPlan #KidneyHealth #CKD #KidneyNutrition #PlantDominantDiet #Dialysis #KidneyTransplantation #ESRD #PreventKidneyFailure #NationalForumOfESRDNetworks #Nephrology