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John McDowell

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Feb 9, 2009, 10:14:35 AM2/9/09
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Five years ago I was able to get a new scooter through Medicare. It has been
great but this last year it has become very unreliable and has to be worked
on every couple months or so. Are there any guidelines that Medicare uses to
determine when a scooter can be replaced?

John Mc


Burgerman

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Feb 9, 2009, 1:48:15 PM2/9/09
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"John McDowell" <joh...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Whats "medicare"?
Remember that just 300 million are American
And 7 billion are not...
Thats about 4.5 percent of the worlds people.

At a rough guess it will be
a) when its knackered.
b) every 3 years
c) every 5 years

Since that makes sense, but since I have no idea what medicare is or does
then its just a wild guess!


John McDowell

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Feb 9, 2009, 2:15:00 PM2/9/09
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I'm very sorry but did I say something wrong here?

John Mc

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Burgerman

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Feb 9, 2009, 3:30:05 PM2/9/09
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"John McDowell" <joh...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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No Im just saying that most of the world have no idea what medicare is!
And that Americans assume that the internet is American...
Someone will answer your question soon!

No offence intended.

Paul T. Holland

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Feb 10, 2009, 8:08:59 PM2/10/09
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administrative rule: minimum 5 years

remember that first and foremost, wheels are approved for
"medically necessary use in the home"

once you have it [manual or electric] nothing stops you from using it
outside the home,

BUT - any and all excessive [outside of normal wear and tear indoors]
usage won't be covered. so be careful how you phrase things with
medicare. in any case, you will need a new doctor script to make a new
claim - the vendor can't initiate it.

in specific - you have to find out what the manuf. specs for your
particular machine are, what the usual motor/gearbox service life is
calculated as

you didn't specify 'what' was occurring, and that is the major issue for
replacement.

John McDowell

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Feb 11, 2009, 10:33:53 AM2/11/09
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Paul,

Thanks very much for the info!!

John Mc

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