Conversations on Prosthetic Parity

Author: AOPA

The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) is a national trade association committed to providing high quality, unprecedented business services and products to orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) professionals. AOPA, in conjunction with the Amputee Coalition of America, commissioned these podcasts to highlight the financial challenges facing amputees and the need for federal parity legislation to increase insurance coverage and access to the appropriate prostheses. Listen as amputees explain why health reform is essential to ensuring that people with limb loss have access to high quality, comprehensive, affordable health care that meets their individual needs and enables them to lead healthy, functional, and independent lives.

 

Episodes

AOPA Dr. Jeffrey Cain

Almost two million Americans are living with limb loss or limb deficiency as a result of disease, trauma or congenital birth abnormality. In this podcast, Tom Kirk, President and CEO of Hanger Orthopedic Group and member of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, interviews Dr. Jeffrey Cain, an Amputee Coalition of America Advocate and Chief of Family Medicine at The Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colo. Listen as Dr. Cain discusses the financial challenges facing amputees and the need for federal legislation to increase insurance coverage and access to the appropriate prostheses.

Listen Now: Running time: 14:22 | Download MP3

Conversations on Prosthetic Parity With Mona Patel

Health reform is essential to ensuring that people with limb loss have access to high quality, comprehensive, affordable health care that meets their individual needs and enables them to lead healthy, functional, and independent lives. While state parity, passed in 17 states, has helped thousands afford the appropriate device, federal legislation would eliminate the remaining coverage gaps and unfair premiums. In this podcast, Tom Kirk, President and CEO of Hanger Orthopedic Group and member of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, interviews Mona Patel, an Amputee Coalition of America advocate from San Antonio, Texas, who was instrumental in passing parity legislation in her state. Listen as Mona discusses how she helped to convince the Texas legislature to pass her state bill, and why she believes passing federal parity legislation is essential.

Listen Now: Running time: 12:53 | Download MP3