Court strikes down California law targeting dialysis industry profits

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A federal appeals court ruled last week that California's attempt to limit how much dialysis companies profit from certain privately insured patients is unconstitutional — a victory for an industry that has repeatedly beaten back efforts to control its costs.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down key pieces of Assembly Bill 290, a law designed to limit how much dialysis companies could profit from privately insured patients who receive premium assistance from charity groups.

About 800,000 people in the U.S. suffer from end stage renal disease, a condition that requires being connected to machines that filter their blood for up to five hours several times a week.

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