JHLT: The Podcast
JHLT: The Podcast
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Episode 86: A Patient Perspective on Ghost Coverage and Access to Immunosuppressants
12 minutes Posted Jun 17, 2026 at 4:30 am.
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For the first time, JHLT: The Podcast welcomes a patient onto the podcast. The Digital Media Editors are pleased to welcome heart transplant recipient and patient advocate Payton Herres for a discussion about her recent perspective piece in JHLT.

In this compelling, moving discussion, Payton shares:

  • Her treatment story—from her congenital diagnoses to her life-changing transplant—and her donor's story
  • The difference between coverage and access—and how FDA labeling affected her access to an important component of her care
  • What she wishes clinicians understood about long-term care of transplant patients

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