SCOOTER Store power wheelchair company raided in federal probe

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-50526...ral-probe/

Last month, "CBS This Morning" aired an investigation into the power wheelchair industry.

Are power wheelchair companies ripping off the government?

Critics say it's putting seniors in costly equipment they don't need, and ripping off the government for what may be hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

Now law enforcement is taking action.




Great news. Those thugs are a parasitic corporate welfare entity.

Quote from Krazen1211 : Great news. Those thugs are a parasitic corporate welfare entity.

I believe your ire is directed at the wrong parasitic welfare entity. Those medicaid / Medicare recipients have a legal right to those scooters and the company is simply providing the hardware.

If you want to be angry, direct your anger toward the politicians who implement these vote buying programs. Vote for us and we'll give you a shiny new toy to ride around on!

Quote from BigBananaMess : I believe your ire is directed at the wrong parasitic welfare entity. Those medicaid / Medicare recipients have a legal right to those scooters and the company is simply providing the hardware. If you want to be angry, direct your anger toward the politicians who implement these vote buying programs. Vote for us and we'll give you a shiny new toy to ride around on!

The politicians who created this program deserve a bulk of the blame for creating such foolishness.

That said, they run a con job. In their own TV ads they state that if Medicare doesn't comp the chair, the store provides the chair for free. Politicians didn't make them do that; they're just artificially fueling infinite demand. If you're guaranteed a free scooter one way or another, naturally, everyone will take one.


Of course there is no such thing as a free scooter.

Quote from Krazen1211 : That said, they run a con job. In their own TV ads they state that if Medicare doesn't comp the chair, the store provides the chair for free. Politicians didn't make them do that; they're just artificially fueling infinite demand. If you're guaranteed a free scooter one way or another, naturally, everyone will take one.

They wouldn't be doing that if the laws were not written in such a way to permit just about anyone on Medicare / Medicaid a free scooter.

How about we just repeal Medicare and Medicaid and let the free market deal with The Scooter Store.

Quote from BigBananaMess : They wouldn't be doing that if the laws were not written in such a way to permit just about anyone on Medicare / Medicaid a free scooter. How about we just repeal Medicare and Medicaid and let the free market deal with The Scooter Store.

Point valid.

Are they really any different than those public sector union thugs who artificially spike demand and pricing for union labor because the laws happen to be written in their favor?

Ultimately government teat is there. One chooses to suck on it rather than market products in the private sector.

Quote from Krazen1211 : That said, they run a con job. In their own TV ads they state that if Medicare doesn't comp the chair, the store provides the chair for free. .

You need to work on your ad comprehension. They state that if they (the scooter store) determine that Medicare will pay for it and Medicare doesn't, then they (the scooter store) will comp it.

Quote from BigBananaMess : They wouldn't be doing that if the laws were not written in such a way to permit just about anyone on Medicare / Medicaid a free scooter.

Except that it's not, which is why the Feds are investigating Medicare fraud.

The story is, The Scooter Store was harrassing and leaning on docs to prescribe the chairs and wearing the docs down. Patients can't just walk into The Scooter Store and demand a free chair.

Such aggressive advertising is always somewhat suspicious.

Quote from Krazen1211 : The politicians who created this program deserve a bulk of the blame for creating such foolishness. That said, they run a con job. In their own TV ads they state that if Medicare doesn't comp the chair, the store provides the chair for free. Politicians didn't make them do that; they're just artificially fueling infinite demand. If you're guaranteed a free scooter one way or another, naturally, everyone will take one. Of course there is no such thing as a free scooter.

So they would not give the scooters for free if the gov did not pay for them?

This brings me to another, I think similar, issue: I think credit card rebates, miles, whatever should be considered as kickback and illegal.

Same thing with drug manufacturers covering part or all of the ins co-pays.

I can't imagine why a senior citizen would want one of these scooters unless he or she had mobility problems. Most people want to walk, and don't want to be seen riding a scooter chair about town.

Quote from Rebound : I can't imagine why a senior citizen would want one of these scooters unless he or she had mobility problems

Um, because it is free. Old people generally have nothing to do and welcome any interaction including someone delivering a new shiny toy.

Quote : Most people want to walk, and don't want to be seen riding a scooter chair about town.

If they really wanted to walk as you claim, they wouldn't become such fatasses that they need a scooter to get around.

Quote from BigBananaMess : If they really wanted to walk as you claim, they wouldn't become such fatasses that they need a scooter to get around.

So you've never heard of arthritis, or heart disease, etc?

Being fat is not the only source of mobility problems.

My father has diabetes and his legs are very weak as a result. (he doesn't use a scooter, but that day will come, if he lives that long)

Quote from TRNT : So they would not give the scooters for free if the gov did not pay for them? This brings me to another, I think similar, issue: I think credit card rebates, miles, whatever should be considered as kickback and illegal. Same thing with drug manufacturers covering part or all of the ins co-pays.

Of course not? If the purchaser had to pay fair market price of $500 or so for the scooter there would be less scooter sales.

Instead, the purchaser freeloads.

Quote from 124nic8 : So you've never heard of arthritis, or heart disease, etc? Being fat is not the only source of mobility problems. My father has diabetes and his legs are very weak as a result. (he doesn't use a scooter, but that day will come, if he lives that long)

Being fat is a major cause of heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis. I stand by my original statement.

Quote from BigBananaMess : Being fat is a major cause of heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis. I stand by my original statement.

True it is a "major cause," but far from the only cause of mobility problems.

My uncle was in a wheelchair due to Parkinson's and I've known people who had MS; not at all related to being fat.

So your original statement is simplistic at best.