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Article: 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 ...