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The SCOOTER Store's newest advertisement outlines the quality of life improvements and cost savings associated with Medicare's Power Mobility Benefit, which allows disabled senior citizens and others living with limited mobility to receive power wheelchairs. The ad shows senior citizens maneuvering power wheelchairs to do everyday tasks in a home, as they discuss some of the benefits of power wheelchairs for people with limited mobility.

FACT:

The general observer often uses the term "scooter" and power wheelchairs synonymously, but they have unique technological differences for in home use: turning radius, medical necessity and safety.
The average power mobility recipient is 71 years old with an average of three chronic diseases states such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), diabetes, arthritis, and heart disease.
Providers can save Medicare money through less hospitalization and emergency room visits due to falls and fall-related injuries.
The power mobility benefit only accounted for 0.004% (or $865 million) of the total U.S. health care dollar.
Under the Medicare program, the power mobility benefit accounted for 0.02% (or $865 million) of the overall budget.
The average Medicare-covered power mobility recipient is over 70 years old with an average of three chronic diseases states such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), diabetes, arthritis, and heart disease.

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