What are resources for help in paying for power chair if true Soc Sec pays only 50%?
My husband has serious back & leg problems from being struck by a cement truck and did not choose a good lawyer or get a good settlement. Our only income is Social Security (mine is retirement, his disability). We are just over $50 above Medicaid limits. Dr says he needs power chair. can not use manual wheelchair due to arm injury. Only insurance is Medicare. Man who works for power chair co told him Medicare only pays 50%. Is that true - I thought it was normally 80%. Has anyone had experience finding resources to pay for part Medicare does not pay on power chair or scooter?
Additional info we live in a rural area where no Medicare advantage plans are available and can not afford regular medicare supplements.
Listen to the commercial again it "may be free with your medicare and medicare supplement insurance" AARP offers Medicare supplements not programs to get something w/o supplement we have checked. The supplements are about $200 a month. We just plain do not have $200 a month. The drs say he can not be left alone so I can not just go out and get a job. I had a very good work at home job subcontracting for a co and their contract ended which of course ended the subcontracting. At that point he did not need a power chair and we did not know he would fall again and injure his arm. His medical bill co-pays pretty much ate savings. The chairs propelled with one hand are power chairs not manual wheelchairs. You can move a manual chair a short ways one handed or taking a cane and using it like a boat pole but that is not practical beyond a few yards. Like a boat with one oar it goes in curves.