Re: [Paddlewise] Hip Replacement and Kayaking

Craig wrote:
>>>>>>......So the next day I started looking at craigslist (using
www.craigz.com which
is a search engine for craigslist Pam pointed out to me and is very handy)
for electric wheelchairs and found one for $300. Then I found an electric
lift device that plugs into a Class III hitch receiver for $500. I am going
to use a separate battery so I don't have to always take my own car (almost
all of us have a hitch receiver in my family) and can just swap the lift and
chair to another car and we can all go together......<<<<<<

Craig, I'm pretty sure you could have had th taxpayers pay for at least the
$3400 unit through Medicare. Maybe even a car lift system could be added. They
should at leastr reimburse you for saving them about ten times as much as you
actually spent.

Medicare paid something over $4000 for a non-motorized wheel chair for my
mother several years back. After my mother died the wheel chair company would
give us $50 for the used chair. It seems sort of a racket to me to have
wheelchair prices so jacket up beyond reason because the government pays for
them but that seems to be the reality. The companies pay for ads on TV all the
time saying you can get a free motorized wheelchair if you qualify. Work with
the4 right Dr. and maybe you could get a new "Mobility Kayak". Gee, maybe I
should start a new business, Mobility Kayaks, to address the needs of us baby
boomers for greater mobility in our old age. Maybe a side business for custom
parts to soup up your Mobility devices to supply the needs of the drag race
fan boomers. "We alway take my chair cus its never been beat. Surf city here
we come."
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