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Mobility Sales, a leading provider of mobility equipment, has today announced they now offer all new VMI products on their selection of wheelchair vans. Tea, South Dakota (Vocus/PRWEB) January 20, 2011 Mobility Sales, one of the most innovative providers for those with physical handicaps, has today announced the availability of new VMI products for their selection of high-quality handicap vans. VMI is one of the most trusted names in the mobility industry, and offers a wide range of...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The State of the Medicare Mobility Benefit has never been more troubling, and perplexing. For much of the last decade, Congress and regulators implemented policies and regulations limiting the effectiveness of the Medicare benefit that is used by senior citizens and people living with disabilities to obtain power wheelchairs prescribed by their physicians. But a series of changes ranging from the so-called competitive bidding program to...
Mobility Sales, a respected provider of mobility solutions for handicapped individuals, has announced the availability of 2011 model handicap vans and wheelchair lifts. Tea, South Dakota (Vocus/PRWEB) January 18, 2011 Mobility Sales, and innovator in the mobility industry, has today announced that 2011 model wheelchair vans, wheelchair lifts and mobility equipment are available for their customers. These models continue Mobility Sales' commitment to ensuring their customers have access...
NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by United Spinal Association: A class action lawsuit filed today in Federal District Court in the Southern District of New York alleges that the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) violates applicable Federal and City law by failing to provide yellow taxis that men, women, and children who use wheelchairs are able to access. The suit is the first of its kind in the country. The suit is...
Superior Van & Mobility now provides their customers with access to the 2011 Toyota Rampvan, one of the most advanced wheelchair vans available. Louisville, Kentucky (Vocus/PRWEB) January 11, 2011 Superior Van & Mobility, a respected dealer for mobility equipment and wheelchair vans, has today announced the availability of the new 2011 Toyota Rampvan for their customers. Superior Van & Mobility is dedicated to providing their customers with the best in mobility equipment and...
The one time (4502) vehicle grant is set to increase from $11,000 to $18,000. San Diego, Las Vegas, Riverside, California, Nevada (Vocus/PRWEB) December 24, 2010 The one time vehicle (4502) grant will increase from $11,000 to $18,000. Disabled Veterans grants are available for veterans who have been given a power/manual wheelchair by the VA and are in need of transportation of their mobility equipment. Ask today about disabled veteran mobility equipment grants! Better Life Mobility has...
Advocates, Providers Ask Congress to Delay Implementation of New, Mandatory Rental Policy SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since 1988, San Antonio resident Martha Oliver, 69, has used a power wheelchair that has allowed her to remain independent in her home. She lives alone, but with help from the power wheelchair provided through Medicare and occasional visits from her daughter, she can groom, eat, and get to the bathroom. Because she can perform these daily...
If searching for a mobility van that has a large door opening, lowered floor, a power sliding door, power fold out ramp, power kneeling system, remote entry, removable front seats with raised bases and a manual tie down sys with straps, then visit Kersey Mobility and check out the new 2011 Toyota Sienna wheelchair van with a Braun Rampvan conversion. Sumner, WA (Vocus/PRWEB) December 12, 2010 Wheelchair accessible mobility provider Kersey Mobility now carries the 2011 Toyota Sienna with...
Building Entrance Inaccessible for Person with Cerebral Palsy NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Commission on Human Rights of the City of New York has ordered Co-op City to pay over $50,000 in fines to the city, as well as damages and compensation to a resident with disabilities who uses a motorized wheelchair, for failing to provide an accessible front entrance in one of its buildings. United Spinal Association was a key representative in 67-year-old John Rose's long...
WEST UNION, Iowa, Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medicare beneficiaries residing in rural areas of the country may not be able to obtain power wheelchairs prescribed by their physicians if the Medicare program implements a mandatory rental policy as scheduled in January, according to home medical equipment providers and consumer groups. Stakeholders are asking Congress to delay for a year the policy that would eliminate a beneficiary's option to have Medicare purchase the equipment...
