Bush proposal would shift ESRD costs to employers at Insurance Wood

Bush proposal would shift ESRD costs to employers

WASHINGTON—More than $1 billion in health care bills incurred by individuals with kidney disease would be shifted to employer-sponsored health care plans from Medicare if Congress passes a cost-shifting provision in the Bush administration’s proposed 2008 budget package. The proposal—identical to…

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Bush proposal would shift ESRD costs to employers

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