Action Alert: Ask Congress to Fix "In the Home" Restriction!!!

Action Alert: Ask Congress to Fix "In the Home" Restriction!!!

          Ask Your Representative To Support Legislation
            To Fix Medicare's "IN THE HOME" Restriction!

Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Jim Ramstad (R-MN) have 
introduced legislation in the House of Representatives that would 
fix Medicare's "in the home" restriction on mobility devices.  
Your help is needed to ensure enactment of this bill. Please call 
your Representative and ask that they cosponsor this important 
legislation for people with disabilities!

Currently, Medicare will only cover a mobility device if an 
individual needs it for use inside their homes. In other words, if 
an individual is able to do without a wheelchair or scooter 
inside, but needs such a device to go to work, school, the grocery 
store, their place of worship, the pharmacy or their physician's 
office, Medicare will NOT pay for it. The "in the home" rule 
severely restricts the independence of people with disabilities by 
limiting their ability to participate in their communities.

ACTION: Please call your Representative toll-free via the capitol 
switchboard at 1-877-224-0041, and ask that they become a 
cosponsor of the Medicare Independent Living Act of 2007 (HR 
1809). Let them know that people with disabilities should have 
access to devices that will help them live healthy and independent 
lives  both inside and outside of their homes!

Please contact the ITEM Coalition at 202-349-4260 with any 
questions and visit the ITEM Coalition website at 
www.itemcoalition.org for more information. Thank you for
your advocacy!
 
Source: ITEM Coalition
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