Right Wheelchair Solution
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CMS (Medicare) must update its national wheelchair coverage policies to reflect nearly 40 years of legal, societal and technological advancements. Coverage should stress the importance of evaluation by a qualified clinician and the needs of the client regardless if these needs are outside of or in the home.
Changes will only be meaningful if CMS addresses the most discriminatory aspect of the current Medicare wheelchair benefit — the in-the-home restriction.
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CHANGE THE POLIGY
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We, and many other advocacy groups, believe that an active life outside the home for people with disabilities is at the very heart of the Americans with Disabilities Act and at the heart of any sensible rehabilitation program. We don’t think that the ADA mandated wheelchair accessibility in public places only for those able to afford their own wheelchair or scooter. Why has the federal government gone to such lengths to make sure that people with disabilities have an equal chance to get to work or school, see a movie, eat in a restaurant, watch a ball game, enjoy a park, if another taxpayer-funded federal agency makes the effort moot? If Medicare won’t recognize that wheelchair and scooter users have the right to take part in everyday activities outside the home, then why has this country insisted that its communities be accessible?
We urge you join us and help eliminate this unfair and unreasonable in-the-home restriction.
Click Here to Sign Up for the Right Wheelchair Campaign
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| For information: rightwheelchair@unitedspinal.org |
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