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TheMastersNemesis

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5. The Internet Site Is. www.SaveProsthetics.org

Fri Aug 14, 2015, 08:26 AM

Aug 2015

I was alerted to the possible change in Medicare policy by my prosthetics adviser. Having become disabled due to a foot loss cause by staph infection I am now using an artificial lower leg. Even with modern technology using a prosthetic is a test of will. Even with modern devices up to 40% of amputees are NOT able to adapt to an artificial limb. Amputees above the knee face even more difficulty and as many as 60% in that category cannot adjust to a limb.

More modern prosthetics allow individuals to adjust to a fairly normal life and many people still work. The new guidelines might even might even take prosthetic technology as far back to the 1950's.

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Push Within Medicare To Degrade Services To The Disabled. Prosthetics Labeled A "Luxury". [View all] TheMastersNemesis Aug 2015 OP

Is there a link with more details? nt procon Aug 2015 #1

The Internet Site Is. www.SaveProsthetics.org TheMastersNemesis Aug 2015 #5

link cali Aug 2015 #2

This sound like...well we know how they felt about folk in Germany... haikugal Aug 2015 #3

Link Provided. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2015 #6

Here's the link.... haikugal Aug 2015 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author lamp_shade Aug 2015 #4

New Policy Probably Linked To The GOP Idea "Disabled Must Be Put To Work" Meme TheMastersNemesis Aug 2015 #8

I'm sniffing a ruse here -- ripping off Medicare for fun and $$$ procon Aug 2015 #9

Lose A Leg Or Two Or Some Other Limb And See How You Like It. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2015 #10

No, the government doesn't provide state of the art equipment procon Aug 2015 #11

My 91-yr-old mother was just told that she should have her right lower leg amputated. She is WinkyDink Aug 2015 #14

Medicare Fraud 1939 Aug 2015 #12

There Is An Element Of Fraud In The System. Easier To Reduce Benefits Than Go After Fraud. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2015 #15

I'm disabled, have Medicare and degenerative disc disease REP Aug 2015 #16

I am blessed with good health at 76 1939 Aug 2015 #18

it's simply the Medicare bureaucrats. "No, Mr. Bond! I expect you to DIE!" WinkyDink Aug 2015 #13

Billions for fighter jets that don't work ... DirkGently Aug 2015 #17