41.   So Kaiser spends more on care for its dialysis patients, recognizing that in the long run it will save money.

42.   Some health-care organizations, such as Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, have used this system for dialysis patients with great success.

43.   That enables kidney dialysis patients to achieve better control of their levels of phosphorus and calcium in the blood.

44.   That issue would most likely arise again, since Patterson would still be in the prison system as a dialysis patient.

45.   The bills before the Arizona Legislature mark the second year that dialysis patients have pushed for a law that would require training for technicians.

46.   The family of one person, David Torres, said that he was a dialysis patient and that they believed his death had been wrongly linked with the others.

47.   The head of Medicare said Thursday in testimony before a congressional hearing that she will consider making Epogen more available to kidney dialysis patients.

48.   The move could further accelerate sales of Renagel, which helps control the phosphorus level in the blood of dialysis patients.

49.   This has led to a steady number of dialysis patients traveling to China for transplants.

50.   Under such a system, the government would pay a set amount each year to cover all the medical costs of a dialysis patient.