See this interesting (though slanted) article about dialysis, governmental policies which cover the cost of ESRD, and end stage renal disease (which includes dialysis treatment), and the NYTimes's slant that people who are very sick and very expensive to treat may be better off dying than going on dialysis (remind anyone of death panels?).
The NYTimes does do thoughtful readers and listeners a service by allowing dialysis patients to describe their lives in their own words. Listen here.
The bottom line is this - irregardless of what the NYTimes thinks. People living with ESRD, their doctors, and the stakeholders who pay for the treatment (like Medicare, insurance companies, and Corporate Self-Insurance health plans) should insist on the highest quality evidenced based standard of care for ESRD treatment which includes dialysis treatment. If this standard of care is applied, people with ESRD can live longer and costs can be contained.
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