• New West Medical Explains Congressman’s Mistake In Supporting Competitive Bidding

    The founders of  New West Medical Inc., a DME supplier in Redding, CA, explained why Rep. Wally Herger is wrong to continue supporting CMS’ deeply flawed competitive bidding program and his refusal to support HR 3790.

    From: The (Redding) Record Searchlight

    Herger supports bidding for Medicare supplies

    By David Benda

    Wednesday, October 6, 2010

    Nobody’s afraid of competition.

    But home medical equipment providers fear that a competitive bidding policy for Medicare being tested in certain U.S. markets will kill the competition — leaving patients with few choices, driving people out of business and costing the industry thousands of jobs.