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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: News Articles => Topic started by: Charlie B53 on March 22, 2017, 06:21:05 AM

Title: Old Article - The Patient as a Profit Center
Post by: Charlie B53 on March 22, 2017, 06:21:05 AM

Reading an old article I found on the Patient Advocate site pm the Patient as a Profit Center made perfect sense of the business model for most every Dialysis Center.  These places exist not to care for us, but care for us as a means to make a LOT of money.  Medicare controls costs limiting profits to some extent, but NON-Medicare Patients, those with Private Insurance bear a very much higher treatment cost.  The article spells out many things we patients never realize.  I found it very enlightening.

http://www.dialysisethics2.org/index.php/2014-08-06-01-27-13/29-other-testimonals/29-carl-ginsburg-and-counter-punch