Tag: Sen. Arlen Specter
Industry to lose champion
May 21, 2010Liz Beaulieu, Editor
Say what you will about Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and his party-hopping ways - he's been a champion for the HME industry.
Here are some excerpts from recent stories in HME News that highlight Specter's efforts to help the industry with preserving the first-month purchase option for standard power wheelchairs and delaying and/or eliminating competitive bidding:
On Dec. 6, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., filed an amendment to preserve the first-month purchase option for standard power wheelchairs. The...