I wish they had done a better job on
this
article. Instead of pushing the “Medicare and insurance should
pay for
these” why not discuss, wow isn’t this great that this type of
inexpensive technology exists.
I think it could have been a more
interesting article by just focusing on the technology instead of trying to
make it a health care article. By bringing up this aspect, you open a
whole
can of worms. I don’t think that the author has a good
perspective on
the whole funding problem – he is a tech guy, not a health care
guy.
Just my two
cents.
Antoinette Verdone, MSBME,
ATP
Assistive Technology
Specialist
The ALS Association, Greater
NEW
ADDRESS:
42 Broadway,
Phone: 212-720-3054
Fax: 212-619-7409
Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx
"One cannot consent to creep when
one
has the impulse to soar" -- Helen
Keller
From:
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[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Amy Roman
Sent: Tuesday, September 15,
2009
1:51 AM
To: AT ALS Listserv
Subject: [Assistive
Technology]
NYTimes.com: For Speech-Impaired, Insurance Fights
Remedy
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Interesting
article discussing some of the new options for do-it-yourself high
tech
AAC (most come in under $450.00 for all components).
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