This is old news to me... Why is it just getting noticed now?
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Subject: FW: DRASTIC CHANGES TO MEDICARE COVERAGE
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Subject: FW: DRASTIC CHANGES TO MEDICARE COVERAGE
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Subject: DME: DRASTIC CHANGES TO MEDICARE COVERAGE=20
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> National Council on Independent Living states...=20
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> Drastic Changes to Medicare Coverage of Durable Medical Equipment =
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> on the Horizon! If you think it's hard to get a power wheelchair from=20
> Medicare now, just wait until the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid=20
> Services (CMS) implements their new Power Mobility Device Coverage=20
> Policy, which drastically reduces reimbursement and eligibility for=20
> power mobility equipment on November 15, 2006! These reductions,=20
> combined with new even more restrictive coverage criteria, will limit=20
> and deny access to medically appropriate power mobility devices to=20
> Medicare beneficiaries, and will prevent access to high-functioning=20
> power wheelchairs for many people with disabilities!=20
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> Failing to meet the mobility needs of people with disabilities has a=20
> significant impact on the individual, states and taxpayers. =
Inadequate=20
> mobility devices will lead to dangerous and costly secondary=20
> complications, limit independence and employment options, and deny=20
> people with disabilities equal access to programs and services!=20
> NCIL will be sending out an Action Alert on this pressing issue =
shortly!=20
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> As a member of the Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and=20
> Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition, NCIL is actively opposed to these changes.=20
> For more information, visit the ITEM Coalition Website at:=20
> http://www.itemcoalition.org/press/pr/SummaryLCD_9-7-06.htm.=20
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> The MED Group has an Action Center in opposition to these changes =
where=20
> you can contact all key legislators and CMS officials directly here:=20
> http://capitol.medgroup.com/. Click on "Delay Medicare's 11/15/06 =
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> Mobility Changes".=20
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