Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Dialysis
Overview
For-profit dialysis companies often maximize their profits at the expense of their patients. John Oliver explores why a medical clinic is nothing like a Taco Bell.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2017-05-14
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Dialysis is Episode 12 in Season 4 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2017-05-14. The runtime is 30 min.
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