Clinic Closure Leaves Indigent Dialysis Patients Looking For Treatment

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A clinic closure in Atlanta has patients and clinic officials struggling to find new providers that will treat low-income patients who need kidney dialysis, The Associated Press reports. "The treatment typically costs $40,000 to $50,000 a year, and Grady is just one of the struggling public hospitals cutting the service to reduce costs. Many indigent dialysis patients ... are illegal immigrants, so facilities that give them routine treatments receive no federal money for their care...


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