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“Good afternoon. I am calling because I get my [???] supplies, I have COPD, from a local distributor in a very small town called Pontotoc, Mississippi. I just received a letter about competitive bidding meaning that small businesses are actually losing out and I’m not sure what’s going on. ….I would like to know what I could do to keep this from happening because we’ve been losing our small businesses here in this small town for last 15 years but I have come back to live here.

I would like to know what I can do to keep our small business in … Continue Reading

“Hi I’m calling for my husband…. We got a letter from our supplier of his strips for diabetes that we’re going to lose our freedom to choose our equipment from them and it’s a local business and we don’t understand what we’re supposed to do, how he’s supposed to get strips now with his Medicare. I think this is wrong what they’re doing. Thanks.”… Continue Reading

“I need to be able to purchase the cushion for my C-PAP full face mask in the next town. It’s only a 15 minute drive to get it and I have to have a new one every month. I would be very unhappy to drive a long distance to be getting my equipment for my C-PAP. I am 74 years old and definitely need my C-PAP and the parts I need every month for this. Thank … Continue Reading

“Hi. I’m calling for my husband…. He is the patient.  And he is a bad diabetic and he has end-stage renal disease, cannot walk and he’s in a motorized chair. We bought our equipment through MedMart in Pontotoc, they service us with our syringes and our strips.  If they have to have repair on the motorized vehicle, then they come out and service it. I don’t feel like this new program that the government is presenting … Continue Reading