Cuts in Medicare hurt wheelchair users
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/no_wheelchairs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061018/capt.c57e1c4ee6784258bbba4b3a58d0e350.no_wheelchairs_wx117.jpg?x=107&y=130&sig=SDK0PinZxCVp8HtH8bGhcQ--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="Undated handout photo provided by WestMed Rehab shows WestMed Rehab Chief Executive Officer Tim G. Pederson, right, and his patient Daniel Vaughn in Rapid City, S.D.. (AP Photo/WestMed Rehab)" border="0" /></a>AP - Patricia Meier, a 63-year-old quadriplegic and Medicare recipient, needs to replace the wheelchair she has used for five years.</p><br clear="all"/>