Charlotte Medicare Problems

Federal Medicare program devastating home medical equipment patients and businesses in Charlotte, N.C. In the piece, a local business owner who has been operating in Charlotte for 30 years talks about how this misguided Federal program forced him into staffing cuts and threatens other businesses' livelihoods, all the while keeping patients from accessing quality care. The Charlotte example is a microcosm of problems expected nationwide when the program is expanded in the near future. (Charlotte was one of nine cities targeted for "Phase 1" rollout in 2011.)

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• Charlotte Medicare Problems
• Medicare
• DME
• durable medical equipment
• competitive bidding
• HME
• home medical equipment
• wheelchairs
• oxygen