African American Doctors Denounce Medicare Proposal Deemed Harmful to Dialysis Patients in Texas and Louisiana

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: May 23, 2002 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON, May 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- At a public meeting in Dallas, the chairman of the National Medical Association strongly condemned a proposal by local Medicare officials that would effectively deny dialysis patients a medication critical to their treatment.

The proposal by the insurance company that administers Medicare in Texas and Louisiana could threaten the health of dialysis patients by severely restricting access to a widely used drug for kidney-related bone disease.

"This is clearly a glaring issue of patient safety ... for my patients," said Randall W. Maxey, MD, Ph.D., ...

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