Guest guest Posted July 18, 2002 Report Share Posted July 18, 2002 Yesterday, I received a letter from the supplier on renting/purchasing my hospital bed. Essentially MC has already paid for it with the outrageous rental charges. It seems as though MC will pay the rental for 5 more months. Apparently, after 15 months we still have use of the bed but have to pay a maintenance fee twice a year whether its serviced or not. We don't want to have to worry about disposing of it later. Does just keeping it after the rental make sense then? Dodie in MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2002 Report Share Posted July 18, 2002 Note that Medicare will pay it's portion of the maintenance agreement, so it is worth keeping. One motor failure can cost more than the maintenance cost. Yes it is worth keeping on power equipment. Manual chairs may not need it. Take care, Bill Werre ============================================= > > > Date: 2002/07/18 Thu AM 11:07:42 CDT > To: shydrager > > Subject: hospital bed... > > Yesterday, I received a letter from the supplier on renting/purchasing my > hospital bed. Essentially MC has already paid for it with the outrageous > rental charges. It seems as though MC will pay the rental for 5 more > months. Apparently, after 15 months we still have use of the bed but have to > pay a maintenance fee twice a year whether its serviced or not. We don't > want to have to worry about disposing of it later. Does just keeping it > after the rental make sense then? > Dodie in MO > > > If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may > unsubscribe by sending a blank email to > > shydrager-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2002 Report Share Posted July 18, 2002 I received the same kind of letter the other day. It seems to make the most sense to me to let them own it continue to rent Medicare will make 5 more payments then you will have a zero balance. However they will pay 80% of the upkeep.. who would use it after you didn't want it? and repairs could be expensive hospital bed... Yesterday, I received a letter from the supplier on renting/purchasing my hospital bed. Essentially MC has already paid for it with the outrageous rental charges. It seems as though MC will pay the rental for 5 more months. Apparently, after 15 months we still have use of the bed but have to pay a maintenance fee twice a year whether its serviced or not. We don't want to have to worry about disposing of it later. Does just keeping it after the rental make sense then? Dodie in MO If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may unsubscribe by sending a blank email to shydrager-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2002 Report Share Posted July 18, 2002 Hi: I will jump in with food for thought. We bought all of the equipment that Jack had to have. After it was rented for so many months, it became ours. None of it needed maintenance, but many people have no insurance or way to get the equipment they need for various illnesses. After Jack died I made gifts to various people who were in that position, and they were so grateful and I felt like something good came out of that terrible need for us to have all of that stuff. Someone even called me an angel. Now isn't that something. If they only knew, but that is O.K. It is nice to be called something nice now and again. Hugs, Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2002 Report Share Posted July 19, 2002 We had a hospital bed for about four years. After the first thirteen months during which Medicare and our supplement paid for the rent, we were given the choice of owning it out right or having the Home Health Agency continue to own it and having Medicare and in insurance pay the cost of insurance to repair it. We chose the second option because I figured that I didn't want an old bed around after Ken died, and Insurance would pay for a new one if I ever need it. I was very glad I had chosen this option when the motor broke down, and they replaced it at no expense or trouble to us. I had the same arrangement for the wheelchair, and they repaired that also at no expense to me. Not everyone uses this equipment as long as we did, but it does break down under continuous heavy use such as we gave it. I put an eggcrate pad on the mattress that came with the bed, and that worked until Hospice brought us a floating air pad to use. it was much better and must be available to anyone whose doctor writes a prescription. It's purpose was to help with bedsores, but ken seemed to love its rocking motion. Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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