Wheelchair Users Live Outside the Home, Not Just Inside. Medicare Policies Need to Acknowledge That

June 29, 2022

(STAT News) – These activities all take place outside our home so, according to the outdated policies used by Medicare to determine which mobility devices to cover, none of them are considered essential to Katherine’s life. I know that just the opposite is true: These activities mean more to Katherine than anything else. It’s time for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to review their existing policies about which types of medical equipment deserve Medicare coverage and, more broadly, to see individuals like my daughter as people, and not just patients. (Read More)