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Article: The SCOOTER Store Supports Ending 'In the Home' Restriction for Medicare Mobility Assistance
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 11, 2007
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Mark B. Leita, Director of Public Affairs of The SCOOTER
Store, +1-830-627-4717
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, April 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
SCOOTER Store announced today its full support for revisions to the
Social Security Act that would eliminate language restricting power
wheelchairs and scooters obtained through Medicare to use inside a
beneficiary's home.
Organizations representing people living with disabilities, such
as the Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid
Coalition (ITEM), have deplored the restriction, saying it unfairly
limits Medicare coverage and prevents many people who need mobility
devices from obtaining it.
Two ...