chunkyfrog wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:16 pm

Nobody can convince me that there are no kickbacks.
This the deplorable that is least likely to be stopped.
We just have to get smart enough to play at a crooked table, and not lose our shirt.

If only we had free-market health insurance....

Just a heads up on changing your insurance at the beginning of the year (as you said you were)....they may start all the payments from scratch. I didn’t have an upfront cost for the machine, but with my insurance I was going to pay over 13 months. Got my machine 3 yrs ago in October, changed insura...

Who is your insurance with? Is this the first bill? It is common for the humidifier to be billed out up front in full as well as mask and hose since they are considered to be non returnable in most situations. Then the remaining monthly payments are usually for the blower unit. I am going on Medica...

So what insurance do you have? Are there deductibles involved? I assume you are in shock because you got what you thought would be the small monthly bill since you have already paid the upfront cost? Is that correct? How much was the bill? Is this the portion that was billed to insurance and insura...

I recently was prescribed a CPAP machine. Through my insurance there was an agreement that I pay an upfront cost and then pay smaller monthly payments until the CPAP machine was paid off. Yesterday I received a bill for almost the cost of the upfront payment. Needless to say I was shocked and confus...

LSAT wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:31 pm

If you had a BiPap that you had paid for....why did you get a CPAP? BiPap can be set to CPAP mode. You wouldn't have had to worry about compliance.

Truthfully I wasn't aware...and I am working with a different doctor now.

New to the forum...I was diagnosed a second time with sleep apnea. The first time I was put on a BIPAP machine which I purchased in full, didn't require compliance and I eventually stopped using it. I have been on CPAP therapy now requiring compliance for a little over a week and I have noticed two ...