I mentioned permobile to a DME that had them in stock and he said not to even think about them with medicare/medicaid. I've seen permobiles that are 20 years old and still in better shape than my 4yld invacare TDX3. And they still get parts for them! A little math says I could have had 1 permobile for 19,000 but to save money I've had 4 in just the last 20 years, none of them as nice as a permobile but average cost has been $13,500. Sooo, yea,,seems medicare may have wasted a mere $35,000. I can't imagine why they are running out of money? If that was a $35,000 bet I'd die in 5 years then I think it's time to tell them to stop gambling away tax payer money. john -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 6:46 PM Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] New Chair
Medicare paid for mine or maybe 80%. Eric W Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 5:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] New Chair Good luck getting your chair in a timely fashion. It it so tiring waiting on something you need. How long did you have to wait between wheelchairs to get a new one. I hope I can get a new one before she retires. My supplier told me I could not get a new one until mine cost more to be repaired and a new one and that could be forever with a permobile. I still have insurance to my stepmom, but it seems like they are just as slow as Medicaid. My supplier told me that insurance pretty much follows Medicare ruling. I have had mine for years now. A lot of things are broken but not the price of the entire chair. Has anybody ever heard of Medicare/Medicaid paying for a Permobile.Just wondering. Dana ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
