[AMP-L] Congress Must Act to Stop America’s Amputation Epidemic

[Wayne Renardson]

via American Journal of Managed Care: 

The Amputation Reduction and Compassion Act (H.R. 2631) would 
ensure that Medicare and Medicaid both cover peripheral artery disease 
screening for at-risk beneficiaries without the cost-sharing requirements 
that could make some patients balk at seeking care.   

As our health care system works to address the many disparities and 
inequities that Americans of color-particularly Black, Hispanic, and 
Native Americans-continue to face, there remains too little 
understanding of our nation´s amputation epidemic. Over the past 2 
years, the pandemic has brought attention to the health disparities that 
continue to affect people from racial and ethnic minority groups. 

Although some policymakers encourage action through health 
education, early detection, and control of disease complication, the 
systematic inequities that result in unnecessary and senseless 
amputations must be addressed.    

The rest of the story here:

https://tinyurl.com/y6jron4n

Wayne R.