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Medicare pays 4 times wheelchair cost

cnn.com
Sep. 2, 2009
Power-driven wheelchairs are costing Medicare and its beneficiaries nearly four times what suppliers pay for them, and competitive bidding could have reduced those costs, according to an inspector general's report released Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Competitive bidding could save Medicare hundreds of thousands of dollars on the lease of power-driven wheelchairs, a U.S. inspector general says.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch