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

More Perfect Union | August 8, 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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  4. @cameron.t

    August 8, 2025 at 11:17 pm

    I get a very bad feeling, like body and mental, whenever I drive by a Davita. Hospitals and ERs do not give me the same feeling, so it’s “not that”

  6. @clairep3688

    August 8, 2025 at 11:17 pm

    I feel like if I was a nephrologist in private practice I would want to try to provide this in the clinic for my patients rather than risk sending them to one of these places. I wonder why more don’t, a lot of doctors care about their patients and probably would want this, I bet there’s something in the system that makes it infeasible

  9. @greatestever8169

    August 8, 2025 at 11:17 pm

    Why do we care about people living on this earth? 🌍 😂
    It’s all about the money 🤑 fake fiat currency 💵 backed by nothing not even gold…so unnecessary debt 💸 or system over money that could be printed for free without inflation if they wanted too. We the people better unite before too late…❤

  10. @reneebush2399

    August 8, 2025 at 11:17 pm

    I used to take a loved one to dialysis every week. There was a patient that always managed to be in the chair next to us every week. He later told me it was because he saw me notice another patients needle dislodge one visit, so I went and alerted one of the two nurses there. He then chose to sit in a chair near the man I took every week because he knew I would be sitting nearby if something were to happen.

  12. @blown503

    August 8, 2025 at 11:17 pm

    My hospital sends me garbage all the time wanting me to come into the drs office just to be SCREENED for health issues. They say in the emails that they care about my health and want to screen for potential issues. They also want to give me freaking covid vaccines. My dr tells me he only has a maximum window of 20 mins and has to move on to the next patient. I am actually pretty healthy because I dont sit around and eat snacks and watch television.

  17. @KaylaLiebeck-p2h

    August 8, 2025 at 11:17 pm

    We need cancer and plastics care. We have too many illnesses all over the USA. Worse time for Elon to take away our healthcare. They can afford it. Many are dying and sick here. Glyphosate. Morgan’s. DuPont’s plastics. Water. Land. Sea. Food is so tainted.

  18. @RedRose4141

    August 8, 2025 at 11:17 pm

    @MorePerfectUnion will you please drop dive into The Heritage Foundation Project 2025 n beyond and how they recruit other's/ part of The White Fraud-Christian Nationalists who've all been trying to take over our Government since Reagan n now they are all over in the Government like Russel Vought and others??? Most of them smile all the time while lying through their teeth. Karoline Leavitt is one and her husband is one of the authors in Project 2025. Trump removed the separation of church and state. Plus these school vouchers are a part of their agenda also. They are destroying America fast it isn't just Conald Felon Trump!!! Voter's really need to be fully aware of everything really going on!!!

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