Re: my insurance won't cover power wheelchairs!!! :( & using an electric cart! :D

[Guest guest]

Are there income limitations to having Medicaid?

I thought I'd go to the web sites for both our insurance and for my Medicare.

Hopefully I'll have a better idea of what's actually covered.

The only saving grace about this wheelchair situation is that my therapist is

adamant that I need one-and it has to be electric.

Sometimes I start feeling like I might as well just forget the whole

thing....*but* then I think of all the things I miss out on because I can't walk

that far. So I'd be sitting home instead. That gets me to thinking how badly I

need one.

I feel so sorry for my husband. He either goes alone, or stays home with me.

What a choice that is for him.

For this reason alone, I'd fight to get what I know I need.

I've been like this for most our married life. (30+ years) and he has given up

doing so much in all that time.

I've been patting myself on the back for finally using an electric cart in

grocery store! (I was worried I'd having problems learning how to work it--or

worse yet bump into someone or something. <lol>

It sure made a world of difference in how I felt!

I was even able to get all the things we needed and didn't need to check out

with only a couple of items and drag myself out of there with tears in my eyes.

I'm soooo proud I did that!

My choice was facing a rather bare cupboard, or facing my worries...My stomach

won out. <g> AND Rod didn't stop off on his way home from work either.

Now I really know how badly I need and want a wheelchair.

Thanks for the info on Medicare you sent along. Helps to know what I'm up

against.

Love, CindyH

~~

From: None (

You state you have Medicare. Along with Medicare comes Medicaid. You get

Medicaid automatically without having to pay for it. I believe it is Medicaid

that covers the durable medical equipment like power chairs.

Of course I just read a news article yesterday saying how Medicaid/Medicare

is going through a major overhaul on it's decisions to cover power chairs.

[Guest guest]

Cindy H.

I thought of another ides too! Call or check online for the AAPD, American

Association for People/persons with Disabilties. Keep fighting, you need it

,you're entitled to it!

Hugs, S.

Re: my insurance won't cover power wheelchairs!!! & using

an electric cart!

> Are there income limitations to having Medicaid?

>

> I thought I'd go to the web sites for both our insurance and for my

Medicare. Hopefully I'll have a better idea of what's actually covered.

>

> The only saving grace about this wheelchair situation is that my therapist

is adamant that I need one-and it has to be electric.

> Sometimes I start feeling like I might as well just forget the whole

thing....*but* then I think of all the things I miss out on because I can't

walk that far. So I'd be sitting home instead. That gets me to thinking how

badly I need one.

> I feel so sorry for my husband. He either goes alone, or stays home with

me. What a choice that is for him.

> For this reason alone, I'd fight to get what I know I need.

> I've been like this for most our married life. (30+ years) and he has

given up doing so much in all that time.

>

> I've been patting myself on the back for finally using an electric cart

in grocery store! (I was worried I'd having problems learning how to work

it--or worse yet bump into someone or something. <lol>

> It sure made a world of difference in how I felt!

> I was even able to get all the things we needed and didn't need to check

out with only a couple of items and drag myself out of there with tears in

my eyes.

> I'm soooo proud I did that!

> My choice was facing a rather bare cupboard, or facing my worries...My

stomach won out. <g> AND Rod didn't stop off on his way home from work

either.

> Now I really know how badly I need and want a wheelchair.

> Thanks for the info on Medicare you sent along. Helps to know what I'm up

against.

> Love, CindyH

> ~~

> From: None (

> You state you have Medicare. Along with Medicare comes Medicaid. You

get Medicaid automatically without having to pay for it. I believe it is

Medicaid that covers the durable medical equipment like power chairs.

>

> Of course I just read a news article yesterday saying how

Medicaid/Medicare is going through a major overhaul on it's decisions to

cover power chairs.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Cindy H.

I thought of another ides too! Call or check online for the AAPD, American

Association for People/persons with Disabilties. Keep fighting, you need it

,you're entitled to it!

Hugs, S.

Re: my insurance won't cover power wheelchairs!!! & using

an electric cart!

> Are there income limitations to having Medicaid?

>

> I thought I'd go to the web sites for both our insurance and for my

Medicare. Hopefully I'll have a better idea of what's actually covered.

>

> The only saving grace about this wheelchair situation is that my therapist

is adamant that I need one-and it has to be electric.

> Sometimes I start feeling like I might as well just forget the whole

thing....*but* then I think of all the things I miss out on because I can't

walk that far. So I'd be sitting home instead. That gets me to thinking how

badly I need one.

> I feel so sorry for my husband. He either goes alone, or stays home with

me. What a choice that is for him.

> For this reason alone, I'd fight to get what I know I need.

> I've been like this for most our married life. (30+ years) and he has

given up doing so much in all that time.

>

> I've been patting myself on the back for finally using an electric cart

in grocery store! (I was worried I'd having problems learning how to work

it--or worse yet bump into someone or something. <lol>

> It sure made a world of difference in how I felt!

> I was even able to get all the things we needed and didn't need to check

out with only a couple of items and drag myself out of there with tears in

my eyes.

> I'm soooo proud I did that!

> My choice was facing a rather bare cupboard, or facing my worries...My

stomach won out. <g> AND Rod didn't stop off on his way home from work

either.

> Now I really know how badly I need and want a wheelchair.

> Thanks for the info on Medicare you sent along. Helps to know what I'm up

against.

> Love, CindyH

> ~~

> From: None (

> You state you have Medicare. Along with Medicare comes Medicaid. You

get Medicaid automatically without having to pay for it. I believe it is

Medicaid that covers the durable medical equipment like power chairs.

>

> Of course I just read a news article yesterday saying how

Medicaid/Medicare is going through a major overhaul on it's decisions to

cover power chairs.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Cindy H.

I thought of another ides too! Call or check online for the AAPD, American

Association for People/persons with Disabilties. Keep fighting, you need it

,you're entitled to it!

Hugs, S.

Re: my insurance won't cover power wheelchairs!!! & using

an electric cart!

> Are there income limitations to having Medicaid?

>

> I thought I'd go to the web sites for both our insurance and for my

Medicare. Hopefully I'll have a better idea of what's actually covered.

>

> The only saving grace about this wheelchair situation is that my therapist

is adamant that I need one-and it has to be electric.

> Sometimes I start feeling like I might as well just forget the whole

thing....*but* then I think of all the things I miss out on because I can't

walk that far. So I'd be sitting home instead. That gets me to thinking how

badly I need one.

> I feel so sorry for my husband. He either goes alone, or stays home with

me. What a choice that is for him.

> For this reason alone, I'd fight to get what I know I need.

> I've been like this for most our married life. (30+ years) and he has

given up doing so much in all that time.

>

> I've been patting myself on the back for finally using an electric cart

in grocery store! (I was worried I'd having problems learning how to work

it--or worse yet bump into someone or something. <lol>

> It sure made a world of difference in how I felt!

> I was even able to get all the things we needed and didn't need to check

out with only a couple of items and drag myself out of there with tears in

my eyes.

> I'm soooo proud I did that!

> My choice was facing a rather bare cupboard, or facing my worries...My

stomach won out. <g> AND Rod didn't stop off on his way home from work

either.

> Now I really know how badly I need and want a wheelchair.

> Thanks for the info on Medicare you sent along. Helps to know what I'm up

against.

> Love, CindyH

> ~~

> From: None (

> You state you have Medicare. Along with Medicare comes Medicaid. You

get Medicaid automatically without having to pay for it. I believe it is

Medicaid that covers the durable medical equipment like power chairs.

>

> Of course I just read a news article yesterday saying how

Medicaid/Medicare is going through a major overhaul on it's decisions to

cover power chairs.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Cindy,

Apparently, after doing more reading, each State is different when it comes

to who and under what circumstances can have Medicaid. So you will have to see

what is required for your particular State.

Also, after doing more reading, I think that it is really Medicare Part A

coverage (which is free and automatic when you get approved for disability) -

see this page -

http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10043.html#part2

It states - " A 20 percent copayment applies to covered durable medical equipment

(e.g., wheelchairs and hospital beds). "

Last year I read something that talked about Medicaid covering chairs which

I was interested in since the new insurance my husband got through his job only

covers $700 in a year for durable medical equipment - which would not cover even

the smallest power chair. I went online and read up on it. Unfortunately the

page I bookmarked is currently not working.

So basically I am confused right now as to whether it is Medicaid or

Medicare Part A and the web pages that could tell me aren't working. I will

continue to look into it and let you know when I find something out.

Hugs,

B.

HEDS, New Jersey, USA