Medicare purchases of medical equipment based on Competitive Bidding - in danger

Tea Partiers in Congress are mounting an effort to kill competitive bidding requirements in the purchase of medical equipment (like electric scooters, uh-huh) by Medicare. The law which requires competitive bidding for such purchases by Medicare is being slowly expanded to more states and it is saving us BILLIONs in otherwise fraudulent over-charges due to outrageous over-pricing.

This is certainly an effort that deserves an aggressinve response from citizens with emails, telephone calls and letters to representatives in DC.

see: Medicare bidding competition in danger: Our view - USA Today
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101658543