Supreme Court dialysis ruling sets stage for coverage limits

A Supreme Court decision that greenlighted a private health plan’s limited dialysis coverage may set the stage for other insurers to cut pay for kidney care and other treatments Medicare covers.

The high court rejected a challenge to an employer health plan’s low reimbursements for dialysis, which the plaintiff argued discourage providers from joining its network and effectively nudge policyholders to enroll in Medicare instead.

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