New insurance/ c pap machine question
New insurance/ c pap machine question
So I have been using my c pap machine for a couple months now, and looking at the Obamacare insurance quotes has me thinking about switching insurance companies. Would I need a new prescription from the sleep doctor to show to the new insurance company to cover my machine? I got an app item not with the sleep doc in a week and a half, thanks.
- Okie bipap
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Re: New insurance/ c pap machine question
There is really no way of knowing. Every insurance company has their own rules and conditions you need to follow. The new insurance may or may not accept your old prescription. They may even require you to go through another sleep study. If your old insurance company is using a rent to own program to purchase your machine, you will need to return it. However, if you are lucky and they purchased it out right, you now own the machine. There are too many variables to give you a definitive answer.
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Re: New insurance/ c pap machine question
Thanks, I will give the DME supplier a call tomorrow and see how the payment was set up, see if it was leased or bought
- chunkyfrog
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Re: New insurance/ c pap machine question
Call the insurance company instead.
DME's may not know, and then guess or outright LIE to you.
DME's may not know, and then guess or outright LIE to you.
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Re: New insurance/ c pap machine question
+1chunkyfrog wrote:Call the insurance company instead.
DME's may not know, and then guess or outright LIE to you.
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