Ain't that a kick in the teeth? Medicare will only rent, not help purchase, durable medical equipment. In your case less than 3 months rentals covers the purchase. In mine it was closer to 7 months rental. I will need the Oxygen pump and tanks and stuff for the rest of my life. I do not plan on checking out for some time. I can understand renting durable medical equipment for up to 6 months if needed. After that, it is cheaper to buy and be done with it. No wonder Medicare is so screwed up.
$1200 per dialysis session = $2400 per week. So 10 days worth of dialysis payments would pay for the machine, more or less (dialyzer filter, tubes, needles, etc.). It’s $100K per year for me and $150K per year for people who go three days per week.
Praise God for all the healing that has taken place. May you continue to improve and have many years of happy gardening.