Future Directions
What specific factors will improve coverage and contribute to the approval of the Prosthetic Parity Act?
A better understanding of the beneficial applications of specific prosthetic devices is needed. The field, both academics and industry, should strive to study their functionality for the patient, as well as, to document these studies in a more detailed manner. In this way the government and insurance companies will be able to see the benefits and thus will be more willing to increase the levels of coverage. Likewise, it is important to educate the public in general to raise awareness on this particular issue. As a result, insurance costumers all over the country will demand better coverage and prosthetic parity will become a more important issue for insurers.
What comes next in the field of Prosthetics?
Upon the approval of the Prosthetic Parity Act, insurance companies as well as the government will be more interested in funding research to make these devices more beneficial and accessible to the patient. This translates into devices that are costume made for each user, which would save time and money to both the insured and the insurer.