FW: Re: [QUAD-L] Medicaid Doctor is coming to my apartment ~ Help

[William Willis]

I got my  first power chair in 1979. I got my fourth one two years ago. I 
used each one till the wheels broke off. Too damn much trouble and expense. 
My insurance paid for a whopping 60% of the one I have now.

From: "Gloria Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <quad-list@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Medicaid Doctor is coming to my apartment ~ Help
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:17:19 -0500

My husband gets a new power wheelchair every 5 years.........5 years is a 
lot of wear and tear .......I'd say whatever it takes to get a new one, the 
truth usually works pretty good plus, the older you get, the more one 
relies on a power wheelchair..........you're entitled..........

Gloria Matthews
Swansboro, NC  28584
hubby quad for 43 years

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  Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 12:29 PM
  Subject: [QUAD-L] Medicaid Doctor is coming to my apartment ~ Help


  Hi All,
     I ordered a brand new power chair and this morning Dr. Kay, the 
Medicaid Doctor, called and said she want's to come over to my apartment 
and meet me to discuss my new power chair order.
    What should I say? What shouldn't I say?
  The power chair I'm in now is only 5 years old BUT it malfunctions a 
lot, like stopping whenever it wants to. It also move's on it's own and it 
tip backwards very easily.
   In December 2005 I had an MRI that showed I have a syrinx on C 6 and 
osteoporosis in my neck.
   OH, and I've ordered a tilt for the very first time in 33 years.
   What would you guys do and not do to get this new power chair approved?
    ~ Bobbie ~