Support H.R. 942 and S. 948 - Legislation to Create a Separate Benefit Category for Complex Rehab Technology Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/support-hr-942-and-s-948-legislation-to-create-a-separate-benefit-category-for-complex-rehab-technology.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:43 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Shelley Lockwood [Signature #5975] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24538902?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:44:50 UTC 24538902 Elizabeth Scriven [Signature #5974] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24523899?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Jul 2025 04:00:39 UTC 24523899 Anonymous [Signature #5973] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24484119?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jul 2024 05:56:15 UTC 24484119 Rosalind Dieterich [Signature #5972] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24465499?utm_medium=rss I urge you to support and cosponsor these bills. The provisions would help a significant but largely invisible population to receive service that they desperately need. Insurance plans at this point simply aren't structured to help those in most need. More and more technological inventions can help the disabled, but if they can't obtain the devices, those devices are then useless. Please help make this happen.

]]> Fri, 23 Feb 2024 08:39:04 UTC 24465499 Debra Hire [Signature #5971] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24180835?utm_medium=rss I now am having mobility problems and it will not get any better having Parkinson’s disease and arthritis in hands, knees and back. I am 66 years old and life is a daily struggle.
I would love to be a voice for the ability impaired. Are there any committees I can be on? Thanks for reading this.

]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 01:13:54 UTC 24180835 Anonymous [Signature #5970] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22209250?utm_medium=rss Please understand that unexpected consequences of bidding process are causing disproportionate inconvenience and service denials to the most vulnerable people in our society .. by the way could be anyone of us through no fault of ours. It could even be you. Please support H.R. 942 and S. 948.

]]> Mon, 21 May 2018 09:31:21 UTC 22209250 Anonymous [Signature #5969] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22027317?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Feb 2018 01:47:52 UTC 22027317 Anonymous [Signature #5968] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21999808?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jan 2018 05:30:39 UTC 21999808 Spencer Wolff [Signature #5967] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21504001?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:54:49 UTC 21504001 Lacey Loving [Signature #5966] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21498784?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:55:44 UTC 21498784 James Murtha [Signature #5965] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21460349?utm_medium=rss Imagine yourself or your children in our chairs when you make your vote.

]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 02:04:59 UTC 21460349 Pat Taylor [Signature #5964] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21396780?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jun 2017 02:39:26 UTC 21396780 Anonymous [Signature #5963] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21003077?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Jan 2017 03:00:14 UTC 21003077 Katherine Hipps [Signature #5962] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20999363?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Jan 2017 12:04:02 UTC 20999363 Anonymous [Signature #5961] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19867883?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Apr 2016 08:54:45 UTC 19867883 Delia MacDonald [Signature #5960] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19763126?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Feb 2016 03:26:23 UTC 19763126 RITA KING [Signature #5959] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19730959?utm_medium=rss It's time to do the right thing!

]]> Sat, 13 Feb 2016 04:10:31 UTC 19730959 Maria Guerra [Signature #5958] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19727812?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:35:59 UTC 19727812 Lorraine Mixon [Signature #5957] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19700687?utm_medium=rss I am disabled with MS and on Medicare - currently struggling with the use of a cane. I am in desperate need of a wheel chair, but because my mailing address zip code is in Livingston county. Even tho I actually reside in Washtenaw County - Dexter Township. I am unable to get a wheel chair. I have been trying since November 2015. IT is now FEB 3rd!! Something with Medicare & competitive bidding?? I don't understand.
Can you help me??
Lori Mixon

]]> Wed, 3 Feb 2016 07:57:29 UTC 19700687 Anonymous [Signature #5956] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19599054?utm_medium=rss Support the daily, ongoing challenge to lead a functional and more enjoyable life for those with chronic and significant neural disorders such as Spinal Cord Injury, MS, Closed Head Injury, CP and other conditions severely affecting the Central Nervous System.

]]> Tue, 12 Jan 2016 01:46:15 UTC 19599054 Brandon Misky [Signature #5955] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19598145?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:29:54 UTC 19598145 paul voss [Signature #5954] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19586038?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Jan 2016 09:31:55 UTC 19586038 Travis Longo [Signature #5953] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19571302?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Dec 2015 04:37:21 UTC 19571302 Esther Mau [Signature #5952] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19558006?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:49:01 UTC 19558006 Tiffany Alexander [Signature #5951] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19550267?utm_medium=rss Pass the bill it would change the lives of so many. Able bodied people take a lot for granted, but when your 7 year old is in pain almost every night because she falls so often her little body can't take it... you start to appreciate EVERYTHING! Please have a heart, forget politics for a second.

Sincerely,
A very concerned mom looking for resources and help.
Tiffany Alexander

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 03:04:33 UTC 19550267 Susan Gammino [Signature #5950] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19539365?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Dec 2015 03:28:19 UTC 19539365 Tracy Peshoff [Signature #5949] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19475917?utm_medium=rss Many times, able people see people in wheelchairs as limited, when it actually couldn't be further from the truth. The fact is, without a chair that we can comfortably use and load ourselves, we are unfairly limited and forced to stay at home and to rely on others to help provide us access to activities and life events mobile people take for granted. Basic things like, school, work, shopping, trips to the museums, a park, or even the mall become impossible. Staying home all day isn't living. Wheelchairs (high quality, and light weight chairs with personality bigger that just "I'm sick" or have mobility challenges) are paramount to allowing us independence and dignity. Please support legislature to protect these product and guarantee people like me who struggle with mobility, that we can continue to be highly functioning members of society with a quality of life and a level of dignity that every human deserves.

]]> Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:43:02 UTC 19475917 Kayleigh Murphy [Signature #5948] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19444923?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Nov 2015 07:12:44 UTC 19444923 Caitlyn DeAmbra [Signature #5947] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19430186?utm_medium=rss To whom it may concern:

I have been in a wheelchair for four years, and recently needed a new chair. I cannot stand or walk due to two conditions. When insurance denied me a final time after a long process of denials where I provided documentation showing why I needed the chair, things like statistics on pressure sores, etc., they said that the chair was "for indoor use only" and that I only needed a frame, and would have to pay for the wheels, cushion, and back. That was their solution. That the other items were for "outdoor use" or that I was trying to get "optional" items. Eventually, since my insurance company was actually my husband's workplace (They are self-insured, and use the insurer as an administrator.) paid for the wheelchair in full.

On the other hand, I worry that in 5 years, or when ever my next wheelchair wears out and I need a new one, I'll have to go through this all over again, and maybe there won't be someone at the company who has a soft spot for people like me.

]]> Mon, 2 Nov 2015 10:03:00 UTC 19430186 Erin Pope [Signature #5946] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19421626?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2015 07:12:35 UTC 19421626 Anonymous [Signature #5945] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19410231?utm_medium=rss Please protect access to Complex Rehab equipment for Medicare beneficiaries and other people with disabilities. Congress needs to pass HR‐3229 and S‐2196 to provide a technical correction to clarify that CMS
cannot apply Competitive Bid Program pricing information to accessories used with Complex Rehab power and manual wheelchairs and prevent CMS’ application of payment reductions scheduled for January 1st.

]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2015 03:29:00 UTC 19410231 Beth Mccarty [Signature #5944] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19409788?utm_medium=rss Complex rehab needs must continue for individuals with complex needs.
Without, many more long term complications will result.

]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:29:25 UTC 19409788 Shannon Kopser [Signature #5943] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19409483?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Oct 2015 07:38:24 UTC 19409483 Sandy Tagher [Signature #5942] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19409380?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Oct 2015 06:33:23 UTC 19409380 Jeremy Rosing [Signature #5941] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19409372?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Oct 2015 06:26:06 UTC 19409372 Anonymous [Signature #5940] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19409318?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Oct 2015 05:09:24 UTC 19409318 MATT HOPPIUS [Signature #5939] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19408901?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:43:20 UTC 19408901 Sarah Tomasetti [Signature #5938] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19408872?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:26:09 UTC 19408872 Anonymous [Signature #5937] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19408863?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:22:04 UTC 19408863 Wendy Pieper [Signature #5936] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19408856?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:17:43 UTC 19408856 Rachel Shinkle [Signature #5935] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19408849?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:14:13 UTC 19408849 sherman bell [Signature #5934] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19361577?utm_medium=rss I'm a paraplegic since the age of 14 when I was hit by a drunk driver and need my mobility aids to have any quality of life

]]> Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:07:43 UTC 19361577 sandra gates [Signature #5933] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19361545?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Oct 2015 10:59:17 UTC 19361545 Kathleen Kastner [Signature #5932] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19303425?utm_medium=rss Please consider this important way to allow increased mobility to this segment of our population.

]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2015 09:22:54 UTC 19303425 David Grenier [Signature #5931] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19248532?utm_medium=rss This is incredibly important, its bad enough they nitpick you to death over every "option"(as if the option you require is a luxury) they make you jump through so many hoops we had a hell of time finding a Doc who would even write a scrip for a new chair to replace the 10yr old one. The "law makers" aught to be forced to live out of a chair for a month before they have the gall to cut such critical funds as they don't care about the impact on the people who need it the most.

]]> Wed, 2 Sep 2015 02:22:41 UTC 19248532 Karen Lewis [Signature #5930] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19246577?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Sep 2015 10:51:55 UTC 19246577 chris alvanas [Signature #5929] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19244104?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2015 03:08:28 UTC 19244104 Peter Taff [Signature #5928] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19227813?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Aug 2015 06:34:06 UTC 19227813 Kyle O'Brien [Signature #5927] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19222621?utm_medium=rss I have been trying to get a new wheelchair for close to 3 years now, but because I don't necessarily need power assist in the home, but, to save me from early shoulder surgery, I need it in the community, I have been denied by all 3 of my insurance coverages not once, but THREE times. Please get this signed into law!

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 09:30:27 UTC 19222621 Katrina Patton [Signature #5926] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19222620?utm_medium=rss This legislation is very important. It's so difficult for the people who really can benefit from the equipment and resources to get what they need. Requests get denied straight out because the laws overlook the people who have more severe or long term needs in favor of the majority who do not and may be abusing the system. Please help this pass to make it easier for those who need it.

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 09:30:25 UTC 19222620 crystal brley [Signature #5925] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19147249?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Aug 2015 12:38:08 UTC 19147249 Nicole Wright [Signature #5924] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19037082?utm_medium=rss My fiancee and nephew both need extensive rehab in order to walk again but due to ineligibility from insurances they don't receive the help they so desperately need

]]> Wed, 8 Jul 2015 02:45:09 UTC 19037082 Charmaine Kennard [Signature #5923] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19036452?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jul 2015 11:49:24 UTC 19036452 Teresa Greco [Signature #5922] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18984465?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 08:29:40 UTC 18984465 Bradley Parrish [Signature #5921] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18968895?utm_medium=rss If this bill doesn't get past I will lose all use of upper limbs and be dead in the next 10 yrs guranteed

]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2015 12:32:22 UTC 18968895 Jason Michaels [Signature #5920] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18900812?utm_medium=rss I think it's a sad thing to put forth things limiting help for handicapped people. As if it isn't hard enough for us already. All of you should ashamed of yourselves for doing something like this.

]]> Thu, 21 May 2015 03:02:02 UTC 18900812 Allan Kaopua [Signature #5919] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18849188?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 May 2015 08:05:30 UTC 18849188 Richard Westlake [Signature #5918] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18787639?utm_medium=rss Home health care and home medical equipment are the keys to saving the Medicare trust fund. Any policy that undermines this benefit is counter productive.

]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:21:53 UTC 18787639 Scott Warner [Signature #5917] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18766619?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:45:59 UTC 18766619 allison Wallace [Signature #5916] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18736151?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Apr 2015 06:55:19 UTC 18736151 Melissa Kemlage [Signature #5915] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18717818?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:52:46 UTC 18717818 Colleen Noack [Signature #5914] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18714534?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Mar 2015 10:07:38 UTC 18714534 Clara Bradley [Signature #5913] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18711776?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Mar 2015 08:50:07 UTC 18711776 Tracy Farnsworth [Signature #5912] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18711629?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Mar 2015 07:20:28 UTC 18711629 Amanda Randall-Capobianco [Signature #5911] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18711624?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Mar 2015 07:18:03 UTC 18711624 olivia gonsalez [Signature #5910] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18711475?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Mar 2015 05:34:47 UTC 18711475 Linda Raymond-donahoe [Signature #5909] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18711458?utm_medium=rss Forcing people onto the public system when so many of us take pride in working and keeping private insurance for our families, IS WRONG. The Healthcare companies make millions off our premiums. Why should one of my kids get lesser insurance than the others, when he is in need of more care?

]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2015 05:24:09 UTC 18711458 Harold Parker [Signature #5908] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18637931?utm_medium=rss Sirs not only is the equipment getting more expensive but the repair is outrages. The repair of equipment would save money in the long run

]]> Mon, 9 Mar 2015 08:28:18 UTC 18637931 Emily Cikra [Signature #5907] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18590303?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Feb 2015 03:49:31 UTC 18590303 Dexter Rutledge [Signature #5906] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18574197?utm_medium=rss I feel that the government pay for section 8 and everything else but want help people disabilities the same. I'm glad I'm not the type to settle or get complacent

]]> Sat, 21 Feb 2015 02:19:26 UTC 18574197 Annette Slavens [Signature #5905] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18464629?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Jan 2015 01:53:56 UTC 18464629 louwinda guyer [Signature #5904] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18464519?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:15:26 UTC 18464519 Stephen Strickland [Signature #5903] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18464429?utm_medium=rss I feel that there should be a separate category for Complex Rehabilitation Technology. I feel this way because I am a 43 year old wheelchair user and not every wheelchair fits every user. I need an extremely light weight wheelchair to maintain my everyday life and health. Heavier wheelchairs cause damage to shoulders, arm, wrists, and hands resulting in higher medical costs. Heavier chairs are hard to maneuver and difficult to transport. Wheelchairs should be custom fitted for each individual user.

]]> Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:54:09 UTC 18464429 Daryl Owen [Signature #5902] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18331483?utm_medium=rss Its been 8 years since my Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury, and though I have Medicare and Medical I have not gotten a wheelchair paid for to date. I would really like a BM3 Powerchair but my meager monthly check won't even pay for sufficient groceries after rent. I can eat 2 meals in a day for only 10 days out of the month. It sure is a good thing I don't have copays for my meds but sometimes everybody is out of stock and I cannot obtain some of them anyhow. It would greatly improve my quality of like if only I could obtain a BM3 Powerchair or a full-suspension TItanium manual chair equipped with a Wijit to assist propelling the chair.

]]> Sat, 10 Jan 2015 11:41:05 UTC 18331483 josh sharpe [Signature #5901] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18242036?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Dec 2014 04:07:31 UTC 18242036 Andrew Conkling [Signature #5900] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18232698?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Dec 2014 10:54:13 UTC 18232698 Monica Brown [Signature #5899] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18231592?utm_medium=rss Since physically challenged individual are already limited in their abilities, their daily quality of living is greatly reduced. Meeting only their current needs does not promote or encourage a longer, healthier life and can actually lead to secondary health problems. However, allowing individuals to maximize their remaining attributes and work on strengthening their compromised capabilities will help with keeping them as healthy as possible. The focus should be on health and fitness not on healing additional health concerns that arise from the inability to stay health. Example: paralyzed individuals are healthier with exercise, therapy and any activities that allow them to stand. These activities promote circulation while preventing bone mineral loss and skin breakdown among other things. Rehab and equipment is expensive and often not covered by insurance. I am appalled that my taxes go to fund government and state-government programs (Medicare/Medicaid) to cover complications arising from poor health that grows worse over time than help prevent the root problems.

]]> Mon, 1 Dec 2014 10:28:52 UTC 18231592 David Patten [Signature #5898] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18148746?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:08:15 UTC 18148746 Brittainy Shaw [Signature #5897] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18135467?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:19:19 UTC 18135467 Rick Hogan [Signature #5896] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044417?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 06:18:31 UTC 18044417 Blake Sahd [Signature #5895] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023193?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:07:30 UTC 18023193 Sean Watanbe [Signature #5894] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023190?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:06:46 UTC 18023190 Elizabeth Kretz [Signature #5893] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023189?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:06:08 UTC 18023189 Erica Hahn [Signature #5892] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023187?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:05:22 UTC 18023187 Katlyn Shiflett [Signature #5891] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023184?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:04:36 UTC 18023184 Jessica Vazquez [Signature #5890] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023182?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:03:51 UTC 18023182 Sam Miller [Signature #5889] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023176?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:03:21 UTC 18023176 Joe Carvo [Signature #5888] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023174?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:02:43 UTC 18023174 Mera Levin [Signature #5887] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023173?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:01:56 UTC 18023173 Analisa Gumaines [Signature #5886] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023171?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:01:15 UTC 18023171 Atrica Mineey [Signature #5885] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023164?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:00:27 UTC 18023164 ema VanDenburg [Signature #5884] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023156?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:59:06 UTC 18023156 Maurice Allen [Signature #5883] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023154?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:58:28 UTC 18023154 Melissa Fernandez [Signature #5882] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023152?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:57:51 UTC 18023152 Jill Zongolowicz [Signature #5881] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023150?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:57:20 UTC 18023150 Victor Munoz [Signature #5880] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023145?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:56:42 UTC 18023145 Heczandria Amador [Signature #5879] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023142?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:56:13 UTC 18023142 Emmy Sloube [Signature #5878] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023141?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:55:36 UTC 18023141 Dana Stumpf [Signature #5877] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023140?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:55:00 UTC 18023140 Laura McCoy [Signature #5876] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18023138?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:54:24 UTC 18023138