Stop the Medicare Therapy Caps in 2017
Email to Senators Casey & Toomey,
As your constituent and a person affected by multiple sclerosis,
I urge you to end the Medicare therapy cap. Access to skilled rehabilitation
therapy is an essential component of quality MS care. These treatments help
people with MS live their best lives by maintaining strength, coordination,
balance and independence.
Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, often disabling disease
of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the
brain, and between the brain and body. Symptoms vary from person to person and
range from numbness and tingling, to walking difficulties, fatigue, dizziness,
pain, depression, blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific
symptoms of MS in any one person cannot be predicted.
Lawmakers from both parties have come to consensus on a proposal
to end the outdated and arbitrary caps on Medicare therapy benefits. Time is of
the essence and Congress must act now to avoid the potential for further harm
to Medicare beneficiaries living with MS. Please vote in favor of repealing and
replacing Medicare's current therapy caps with reasonable measures to assure
only medically necessary treatments are provided.
Sincerely,
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