I have mixed news to share about our efforts to repeal Medicare’s caps on outpatient therapy services. Late Tuesday night, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that we hoped would include Senators Cardin’s and Vitter’s bipartisan amendment to permanently repeal the therapy caps. Unfortunately, the amendment fell a few votes short of the 60 votes needed to pass.
The good news, however, is that included in the bill is an “exceptions” process that allows patients to continue to be able to access therapy services over and above Medicare’s limits for the next two years. The President is expected to sign the bill in the next couple days.
Even though the bill does not repeal the therapy caps, a bipartisan majority in the U.S. Senate is now on record in support of the repeal for the first time ever! Moreover, a two-year reprieve is great news for stroke survivors. We could not have achieved this without the hard work of each of you and we should be proud of this accomplishment. And we will continue to fight to repeal the caps once and for all.
Thank you for the actions you take to ensure the priorities of heart and stroke patients are kept in front of our nation’s decision-makers.
You make a difference.
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