re: #224 Alouette

I need an Arizona brace, but I can’t afford the deductible on my insurance policy.

One job I had during college was deliverying and installing medical equipment. Wheel Chairs, grab rails, toilet seats, beds etc…

Take a simple raised toilet seat for someone with hip problems, they are commonly available for $50. Now for someone on Medicare to get one, they need a prescription, and from an authorized Medicare vendor. This requires a bunch of paper work back and forth between Doc, vendor and medicare. By the time I delivered and installed the $50 (retail) seat, it cost $150.

Insurance stuff was the same way.