Some of you may know, but NFB has a low interest $3,000 loan available. Also a lot of the Federal Government is under the CAP program. While NIH was waiting to be accepted under the CAP program, I was trying to figure out how I could round up $4,000 to use with the NFB loan. We didn't know for sure if we were going to get accepted. I talked to CAP at the 508 Expo att NIH. Hopefully I will get my equipment in November. They are supposed to get their funding by the end of October. Hopefully by Thanksgiving, I will be a real BN user.
Terry Powers -----Original Message----- From: Andy Baracco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:54 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] The cost of Braillenotes Hi Terri, I think that the answer is to have note takers for the blind deemed to be durable medical equipment, and thus they could be paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance plans. Even if there was a co-payment, this would cost the user much less than the retail price. Perhaps this is an issue that the blindness organizations can sink their teeth into. Andy ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
