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457. Is Dialysis a Test Case of Medicare for All?

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Consolidation of Dialysis Clinics Is Common Throughout the Health Care Industry

McDabot says devida and frazenius have become nearly as dominant in their market. They've spent the past thirty years buying up independent dialsis clinics. You might think a consolidation like this would trigger anti trust concerns, but any one dialysis clinic just isn't that valuable. The university of chicago economist thomas wooman calls it 'stealth consolidation'...

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