Was The Creation Of Fresenius Medical Care And DaVita A Step Towards A Government Funded Oligopoly To Reduce Medicare Expenditures

Abstract

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.