[devane617]

What a shame. Those of us that see it first-hand know the true story.

You know SoCalPol, you and I need to work for the Gov in a position to check into the "real status" of applicants. I bet we could save the taxpayers Billions.

I am a bleeding heart for no one, but I will give my shirt to anyone that truly needs it.

[SoCalPol]

You know SoCalPol, you and I need to work for the Gov in a position to check into the "real status" of applicants. I bet we could save the taxpayers Billions.


How true. Having been a gov. worker with the county attys
I could write a book. Only the gov. depts by and large
arn't interested.

[devane617]

I just ran across these facts as published in the dmn..

Nationally, total Medicare payments for motorized wheelchairs increased from $289 million in 1999 to $538 million in 2001, with payments of over $845 million in 2002, and a projected $1.2 billion for 2003. By contrast, overall Medicare benefit payments rose only 11 percent during that same period.

The number of Medicare beneficiaries with at least one claim for a motorized wheelchair rose from just over 55,000 in 1999 to almost 159,000 in 2002, an increase of 189 percent, while the overall Medicare population rose only 1 percent per year during that same time period.