Back when I was in college, there was a truism. Engineering programs were designed to make everyone fit in a square box- the original “we will make you equal” employer concept. Thankfully, that was true for all the disciplines except mine- Chemical Engineering.
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Dialysis Boondoggle
I wrote earlier about how one company managed to get a bonus slipped into the Fiscal Cliff bill. One that “made them” $ ½ billion. Well, they are about to take a big hit, if no one tries to overrule Medicare (or slip another ‘mickey’ to the American public in another bill).
Really? This is the Fiscal Cliff Act?
Many of you know I spent a great portion of my life in the dialysis arena. From the time I was eight years old, I wanted to develop an artificial kidney. So, I’ve seen a lifetime- and then some- of changes to the therapy. From the first “washing machine” devices, to flat-plates that required soaking-spreading-tightening, to the disposable devices of today.