Push Within Medicare To Degrade Services To The Disabled. Prosthetics Labeled A "Luxury". [View all]

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There is a push on Medicare to degrade services to disabled Americans that would also probably effect veterans who are on Medicare and not within the VA system. Auditors have been auditing Medicare costs. And they have focused on the cost of prosthetics for disable people who need prosthetic divides to function.

There is a push for a policy that labeled necessary prosthetics as a "luxury item". The policy change labeling prosthetics as a "LUXURY" would change the quality of prosthetic a Medicare recipient receives. Individuals unfortunate enough to lose a limb would be allowed a prosthesis going back to the 1970's technology. More modern technology prostheses would NOT be provided.

1970's prosthetic technology would be more like wooden leg strapped on by leather straps. In some case NO prostheses would be provided. Medicare patients would have to purchase more modern devices themselves that few could afford. This new policy means that many patients would no longer have a quality of live newer technology would provides.

All of this mayhem seems to come from a RW meme that disabled people are a drag on the economy. It is part of the idea from the GOP that the disabled and sick have NO VALUE to society. Medicare could save billions by degrading or in some cases ending Medicare patients having prosthetics to continue life on a decent level.

LINK - www.Save Prosthetics.org