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Rep. Boswell Raises Concerns About Medicare Cuts at Ceremony for The SCOOTER Store's Urbandale Showroom.
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October 5, 2006
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New Showroom to Provide Power Wheelchairs, Scooters to Urbandale Area Residents
URBANDALE, Iowa, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Ia.) attended the grand opening of a new retail showroom for The SCOOTER Store, and raised questions about new Medicare policies that would slash reimbursements for power wheelchairs by 21 to 41 and restrict access to mobility equipment for Medicare beneficiaries.
Everyone wants to be independent, Rep. Boswell said, adding: "People need access to this equipment. There are proposals to cut reimbursement rates, which is not good for the manufacturers, suppliers and most importantly, the people who need power mobility. I will ...