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New Jersey Law Covers Amputees' Access to Orthotics and Prosthetics
21 January 2008
New Jersey has enacted a law guaranteeing access by amputees to comprehensive health insurance coverage for orthotic and prosthetic care. The new law mandates that health insurance plans offer coverage for orthotic and prosthetic care without caps and co-pays that restrict access to prescribed devices.
The bill will help individuals who have undergone amputation of an arm, hand, leg or foot, as well as children born without limbs or differently formed limbs.
The state joins California, Colorado, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon and Rhode Island in guaranteeing access to prosthetic care.
Editor's Note: More informally called braces and splints, orthotics are appliances or apparatuses used to support, align, prevent or correct deformities or improve the function of limbs.
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As a L-AKA and a type 2 diabetic, I would like more information on this law made available here OR can a fellow Jerseyian direct me to a place where I can find out more?
My leg dosen't fit so well anymore and is causing pain in the stump but, I can't afford to pay out of pocket AGAIN for more work to be done.
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