"It's Ridiculous", say Paddy Rossbach, Amputee Coalition of America CEO, confronting the one-prosthesis-per-lifetime cap she says insurance companies commonly assign to amputees.

In an exclusive interview with Rehab Management, Rossbach discusses the long-term health risks that shadow amputees throughout a lifetime, and emphasizes the urgency of moving key decisions about prosthetic care to amputees and medical professionals and out of the hands of insurers.

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