Open AccessWas The Creation Of Fresenius Medical Care And DaVita A Step Towards A Government Funded Oligopoly To Reduce Medicare Expenditures
Author(s) -
James F. Sullivan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hsoa journal of nephrology and renal therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2473-7313
DOI - 10.24966/nrt-7313/100038
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , oligopoly , extension (predicate logic) , medicine , business , family medicine , political science , computer science , law , philosophy , linguistics , welfare , programming language
End Stage Renal Disease impacts the lives of more than seven hundred thousand Americans and their families. Initially, the CMS funded program, as it was designed in 1972, encouraged nephrologists to open dialysis facilities as a part or extension of their medical practice opening the door to access to care that otherwise seemed impossible.