* You are viewing the archive for April, 2010
“I am calling on behalf of my step-mother Betty who needs oxygen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And the bill would affect the person’s freedom and their freedom to choose their provider for their home medical equipment. Also the levels of service and quality would be affected and having a 24 hour on-call service is vital to these patients having a lung disease and having to rely on a machine to breath can … Continue Reading
“My husband has bone cancer. He can’t walk and he can’t stand and someone was nice enough to give us a wheelchair to borrow for his use and because he can’t walk or stand he’s getting sores on his butt and I asked the visiting nurse if he could get a pillow from Medicare and they told me that Medicare would not pay for a pillow unless they gave him a wheelchair. I thought saving the … Continue Reading
“I am calling to say that we are very very sorry to hear about this competitive bidding. We are very happy with the service we are getting and I don’t know why they have to do this. So please think it over very carefully because they have been very good to us, Okay? Thank you.”… Continue Reading
“I’m just calling to make a comment on the Center for the Regulatory Effectiveness on the home medical competitive bidding for oxygen and so forth. We’re very satisfied, we couldn’t be happier with our Alert Medical of Michigan and we would like to keep them rather than having to go with the lowest bidder, with the new government rules. It means an awful lot to us to have the personal care that this company … Continue Reading
“Hi. I’m calling about the competitive bidding on medical equipment. I don’t think it’s a good idea, I mean there is an old saying that says you get what you pay for. If you going to accept the lowest bid I sure you’re not going to get the quality that you would with some other competitor. The one I go to has been there for as many years as I can remember. Maybe 50 years and … Continue Reading
“I am on the CPAP and husband is on a VPAP. It s very important equipment to us because otherwise our oxygen levels go too low at night time and my husband has a pacemaker. I do not want Obama or anybody else in Congress dictating to me where I should buy my medical equipment. I think it is wrong. If I wanted something like that, I’d move to England. I prefer, I think … Continue Reading
“Yes, I received the brochure on Medicare Competitive Bidding. I am satisfied with my home care people. I don’t want anybody choosing what I refer to as a good company. I have had bad trouble with some of these places that service the oxygen concentrator, etcetera. I am happy with mine. I don’t need any more help from the Federal government wanting to cut everything. I need more help not less help than they are giving me.”… Continue Reading
“According to a new law passed by Congress, we could be forced to use a different home medical equipment supplier that was chosen by the US Government because if a low bid rather than the one that we currently are using. We are very pleased, we do not want to have a change. And so as a result, I’m calling to ask you to please forward this message on to whoever it needs to go to, … Continue Reading
