Modern wheelchairs with standing technology have amazing capabilities that can be game-changing for wheelchair users looking to take care of themselves independently whenever they can. This week, two wheelchair users, Paul Amadeus Lane and Jim Meade, talk about how shortsighted it is that Medicare — the primary health insurer for older adults as well as for many people with spinal cord injuries, muscular dystrophy, ALS, and other long-term disabilities — doesn’t cover the cost of wheelchairs equipped with these technologies because they aren't "primarily medical in nature."