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

Apr 8, 2021

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Home Dialysis - Is It a Good Idea?

01:38

The American Kidney Fund

02:06

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03:41

Introduction

2min

End Stage Renal Disease

2min

The Dialysis Industry Is Just a Hot Mess

3min

The Dialysis Industry Is an Outlier Within the Health Care System

2min

Meda Care for All Dialysis Patients

2min

Dialysis X Is a Great Investment Opportunity

3min

Consolidation of Dialysis Clinics Is Common Throughout the Health Care Industry

3min

Don't Run Your Health Care System Like a Taco Bell

2min

Dialysis Clinics - How New Ownership Affects Clinic Staffing

2min

10.

Is Devida Trying to Dissuade Patients From Getting Dialysis?

2min

11.

Is Medicine Still a Higher Calling?

2min

12.

Freconomics Radio Is Sponsored by Amazon Advertising

4min

13.

Kidney Care, the Other Big Dialysis Firm?

2min

14.

Dialysis - Is Medicar Reimbursement Going Up?

2min

15.

What Happened After the Payment Reform?

2min

16.

Chenos and Shortsellers Are the Real Financial Detectives

2min

17.

The American Kidney Fund

2min

18.

Dialysis and the Affordable Care Act

2min

19.

Is It a Loophole in the Affordable Care Act?

2min

20.

The American Kidney Fund and the Dialysis Chains

2min

21.

The California Dialysis Industry's Self Funded Private Insurance Scheme Is Driving Up Costs

2min

22.

Dialysis Centers in California - What Does That Mean?

2min

23.

The American Kidney Fund and Profit Laundering

2min

24.

Dialysis and Kidney Care - Is It a Pandemic?

2min

25.

Home Dialysis - A Better Quality of Life Is Better

2min

26.

Home Dialysis - Is It a Good Idea?

2min

27.

Transplanting Kidney Disease - Is It Possible?

2min

28.

The Story of N-Stage Renal Disease

3min

Kidney failure is such a catastrophic (and expensive) disease that Medicare covers treatment for anyone, regardless of age. Since Medicare reimbursement rates are fairly low, the dialysis industry had to find a way to tweak the system if they wanted to make big profits. They succeeded.