Two Major Renal Dialysis Corporations: Good For Patients?

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Tom Wade MD

In addition to today’s resource, please review CBS Sunday Morning‘s report, Kidney dialysis industry accused of maximizing profits over patients.

Kidney dialysis industry accused of maximizing profits over patients

CBS Sunday Morning

Jun 22, 2025
The great majority of patients requiring kidney dialysis in the U.S. are treated in outpatient clinics almost all run by for-profit corporations which, critics say, prioritize company profits over patients’ needs. According to Tom Mueller, author of “How to Make a Killing,”* patients on dialysis in America die one to two times faster than in any other developed country. “48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty examines the serious concerns about the dialysis industry, where a CBS News investigation has found one-third of all dialysis clinics failed to meet federal performance standards this year. The companies deny these allegations, and say patient care and safety are their primary concerns.

*See also results of a Google search, book critical of the renal dialysis industry.

The most prominent book that offers a critical perspective on the renal dialysis industry is Tom Mueller’s 2023 investigative work, How to Make a Killing: Blood, Death and Dollars in American Medicine. 
This book, along with other texts, investigates how the privatization and for-profit nature of the dialysis industry in the United States have negatively impacted patient care. 
How to Make a Killing: Blood, Death and Dollars in American Medicine
  • Author: Tom Mueller
  • Release date: August 2023

Today, I review, link to, and embed More Perfect Union‘s YouTube report on two renal dialysis corporations, A CEO Wanted to Run Healthcare Like Taco Bell. Here’s How His Patients Are Doing.

All that follows is from the above resource.

A CEO Wanted to Run Healthcare Like Taco Bell. Here’s How His Patients Are Doing

More Perfect Union

Jul 18, 2025
Two dialysis giants control the industry — and they’re gaming the healthcare system. DaVita and Fresenius are pushing out and intimidating patients, and sometimes refusing to send them to the hospital. It’s all done to boost profits and make more off the dialysis business.

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