On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Danny Hearn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, Gang....I'm trying to get a new powerchair, i'm new to the medicare > process because we have always had my own or wife's job insurance--my wife > lost her job of 14 years in December 2009. So I had to join a medicare > plan.. I seen my Doctor about a wheelchair and the DME did a evaluation > Yesterday and Tomorrow I go to a PT for an evaluation. What really has me > kinda unhappy is that My medicare insurance will only pay 80% of the total > bill......I'm getting the same type chair i've been in for 9years 3 months > so far, it's getting old and slow. My new chair will cost less than this one > did ages ago BUT at the cost of about $17,000 that will still leave me to > pay about $3,400 --- man this will take about 3 years probably to just pay > my share but I guess that's the way it goes..? The new chair will be an > invare arrow much like my old ones style, and has been pretty good to me. > It's the basic rear wheel H frame style-----I like the bounder like Greg > likes but my DME has limited dealers they work with. ( any comments feel > free to discuss this topic about chairs or medicare? ) Dan H. C-6 St. > Louis, Missouri Area going on 13 years post injury. > -- Lori Age - 45 C4/5 complete quad, nearly 30 years post Tucson, AZ
