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Laura PourMeADrink

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14. wow that's amazing. We just have to be careful, it think, not to

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #11)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 11:41 AM

Feb 2013

cut so deeply into the reimbursement that it is no longer profitable to provide critical services. Geez, that sounds like a repuke. AHHHH Guess I wouldn't put power wheelchair in the same category as oxygen. I am picturing some poor old lady gasping for breath.

Like someone said up-thread, the future may be in more mass-production delivery. Maybe a company like Walgreens or CVS could start selling oxygen - just like a rack of propane for your grill

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Last night, I met a business owner who is very angry at Obama. [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 OP

It sounds like he was gouging. n/t Ian David Feb 2013 #1

Maybe. Guess you would have to know how Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 #5

medicare reimbursements are low alc Feb 2013 #6

Which they all do......I worked for a dentist that tripled his cost to his a kennedy Feb 2013 #13

You have to be in a situation incompatible with life. burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #2

Medicare-approved amount Historic NY Feb 2013 #3

Oh, I bet he is pissed! Uben Feb 2013 #4

Yikes. Wonder if others are the same way as this creep. Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 #8

There are other services in the area that provide oxygen.... Uben Feb 2013 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Horse with no Name Feb 2013 #17

His 'niche' company overcharges. Avalux Feb 2013 #7

My husband and I were talking about this last night. In so many ways, ACA Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 #9

Sounds like he was ripping people and the government off. libtodeath Feb 2013 #10

Found that the that Medicare has already reduced it by 35% (in certain areas of the country). sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #11

wow that's amazing. We just have to be careful, it think, not to Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 #14

Of course and as usual, the amount of 'profit' he's been taking is not mentioned, nor is the amount Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #15

Well, to be fair...it was just a 5 minute Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 #16