A prisoner in your own home?

An Alert from the United Spinal Association

"We need YOU to educate your representative in Congress about what
Medicare is doing to YOUR power wheelchair/scooter benefit.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently issued
a series of draft and final policy changes to the coding, coverage and
documentation rules for power wheelchairs and scooters. Some of these
changes are scheduled to take effect October 25; some are scheduled to
be effective January 2006. CMS implementation plan for these separate
but related policies is undefined and could mean you might lose your
power wheelchair/scooter benefit and become a prisoner in your own home.

What can you do?

1. Go to www.rightwheelchair.org to educate yourself about this issue.

2. Call the Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121 and tell your
representative what Medicare is doing to threaten your independence"