Letter: Protect NH dialysis patients

2024-04-24T16:18:08+00:00January 22nd, 2024|Categories: Featured Spotlight, Patient Ambassadors, Patient Stories in the News, Private Insurance Coverage, Spotlight|

Protect dialysis access To the Editor: All dialysis patients are required to have Medicare as their primary insurer after 30 months from when they start dialysis, but the law has always allowed us to keep our private insurance until then if we wanted. Now, a Supreme Court decision from 2022 may allow private insurers to reduce coverage of many life-saving dialysis services. Keeping coverage after starting dialysis provides stability during a very difficult time. After this ruling, dialysis patients may have to worry about the hassle of switching to Medicare at the same time they worry about starting dialysis. The [...]