Special Treatment — The Story of Medicare's ESRD Entitlement

Richard A. Rettig

ResearchPosted on rand.org 2011Published in: The New England Journal of Medicine, v. 364, no. 7, Feb. 2011, p. 596-598

This review tells the story of how full coverage for treatment of chronic renal disease failure became enshrined in U.S. law.

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  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2011
  • Pages: 3
  • Document Number: EP-201100-76

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