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Guest blog post by Bob Vogel The current Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) competitive bidding program is deeply flawed and jeopardizes wheelchair users ability to get the seating and mobility equipment we need. Furthermore, competitive bidding will put the entire Durable Medical Equipment (DME) industry in jeopardy. Dave McCausland, Senior VP of Planning & Government Affairs for The ROHO Group explains that 244 leading economists, including several Nobel Prize winners, have examined the current competitive bidding program and all signed a document stating that the current competitive... [Read More]

Guest blog post by Bob Vogel Ironically, the best-known wheelchair user these days doesn’t even use a wheelchair. Non-disabled actor Kevin McHale plays Artie Abrams, a 16-year-old high school student in a glee club who became a paraplegic in a car crash at age eight. Each week over eight-million TV viewers tune in and watch Artie on the hit TV show Glee on FOX Broadcasting Network. Hiring a non-disabled actor to play Artie has stirred up a lot of controversy in the disability community. The huge TV audience, along with the controversy prompted New Mobility Magazine to name Artie as their Person... [Read More]