from your post I see you've already read the posts below about insurance and etc. on my second coffee, so let me play with the calculator----$154x12= $1848. ins. co. pays 80%=$1478 and you pay 20%=$368. "DME wants to pass on another $350-$400 to me (for Remstar)". so, all of a sudden, your looking a...

Brent, thanks for the reply and explanation. apparently the ins. co.'s are geared to making their worst nightmare customers happy at the expense of the more awake/hands on types. I can understand that there are those customers out there that need to be walked thru everything(repeatedly) and probably...

Grumpy, have to admit I'm a little grumpy to after dealing with a medical equip. supplier. see post on page 2. priced my cpap at cpap.com for $766.02, cpap, nose pillow, hose, case--the package. the med. equip. supplier my ins. co. OK'd charges $2600, in 12 installments. far as I'm concerned, it's a...

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=1y&s=RESP&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=rmd&c=%5EGSPC&c=%5EIXIC&c=%5EDJI hope this isn't off topic for this board. above link is to a simple chart showing 2 CPAP companies vs. the S&P500, Nasdaq and Dow30. some investing opportunity in this business. (disclaimer--I sleep with a RMD ...

Hi, turned 60, was diagnosed with sleep apnea, a common condition, treated with a piece of medical equipment, called a CPAP machine. I have health insurance, so I went ahead and got the machine. before I go any further with the story, the thing to remember is that the insured parties copay is based ...