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Document ID: CMS-2009-0008-0561
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Received Date: February 09 2009, at 02:58 PM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: March 12 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: January 16 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: March 17 2009, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 8084dfc1
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This is comment on Rule

Medicare Program: Changes to the Competitive Acquisition of Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS), etc.

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This flawed bidding rule, released in the very final hours of the Bush Administration, will have a negative impact on virtually every senior citizen and disabled homecare patient across America. This bidding program will actually reduce competition, diminish access to care for seniors, reduce patient choice, reduce quality, and put good providers out of business. It is a bad deal for every patient who opts to receive care in their homes instead of a nursing home or a hospital.