I have been fighting pressure sores and my home health agency has acquired an
air mattress with a pump. It's called a low leak mattress by drive medical.
It really isn't anything special. I'm doing a 70/30 rental split with
Medicare. My monthly fee is $270. That's outrageous. They're getting over
$900 a month just to rent me this mattress. I asked the company how much it
would cost for me to buy one outright. They said after they had received
approximately $14,000 in rental fees I would own the mattress. What an
absolute joke! So I'm going to try to find an air mattress to buy and thought
maybe someone on the list could help me. There's got to be some used ones out
there or something way cheaper that would still help with pressure sores.
Debbie
C4 incomplete/April 2005
