Scooter ads that depict the elderly living "active" and happy lifestyles are being criticized from a couple angles, mainly arguing that the ads glamorize the use of the scooter as transportation instead ensuring it's use only as a needed medical device. Congressmen have claimed the ads lead to seniors getting scooters through medicare that are not technically eligible (a person is supposed to only get a scooter through the program if they are physically unable to use a can or walker) and doctors have said that the scooters actually lead to the elderly moving less, causing increases in obesity and further exacerbating medical problems. Take a look...
http://news.yahoo.com/scooter-ads-face-scrutiny-govt-doctors-141816931--finance.html
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