For everyone out there doing the ice bucket challenge...here is another way to help As of April 1, 2014, Medicare began denying payment for many of the medically necessary speech generating devices used by people with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), Cerebral Palsy, Spinal Cord Injuries, and other impairments, when they enter a health care facility, such as a skilled nursing home or hospice. Taking these highly specialized devices away leaves them no way to communicate at a vulnerable and terrifying time. Click on the following link to send a letter to all your representatives and Secretary of HHS Sylvia Burwell. The link is thru the Center for Medicare Advocacy website. tell Congress and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, to stop denying our most vulnerable disabled people their ability to communicate ! org.salsalabs/o/777/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16250
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:58:42 +0000
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