Mike,
Thanks for the leads, but...
A friend has a Quantum that has been nothing but a headache since day 1 (a
lot of that may be the vendor). The Frontier X5 is as big as the Permobil
and wouldn't work as well indoors, and doesn't have the standing option I
need now. The Bounder H-5 is a rear wheel drive and doesn't do as well
going over curbs as the Levo and other mid-wheel drive chairs.
On May 27, 2009 10:40am, "Michael H. Collis" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Kendall, Have you looked at the Bounders and the Quantum line of chairs?
> What about the Frontier X5? They're good chairs...
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 10:14:10 -0600
> >From: "Kendall D. Corbett" [log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: Sad - Demise of the IBot
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >Kat,
> >
> >I went through an eval for the IBOT last September, and was found to be a
> >nearly ideal fit for it. I submitted it to my insurance company which
> >rejected it, because the stair climbing feature was a "luxury." With
> >discounts I could have gotten an IBOT for $24K, and it would have done
> what
> >I needed. In December I was still trying to secure other financing and
> >going through the appeals process with my insurance company when i
> received
> >the letter from Johnson and Johnson, who Dean Kamen had sold the
> marketing
> >and production rights to the IBOT to, that they were going to stop
> >production. If I could secure funding by mid March, J&J would commit to
> >providing service through 2013. Since I'd have had to go through
> >alternative financing to get the chair, I wasn't too concerned about
> getting
> >a new chair within the 5 year window that insurors typically use for
> >chairs. What did concern me was with the state of the economy, would J&J
> >(and Independence Technologies) be able to stand by their commitment to
> >provide service through 2013?
> >
> >I'm now looking at two other chairs:
> >
> >1. A Levo C3, and ($30K) http://www.levousa.com/products/c3.html
> >2. A Permobil C500 Vertical Stander. ($38K)
> >http://www.permobilus.com/USA/Products/Rehab/C500-VS-/
> >
> >The Levo easily climbs a 4" curb, but doesn't have full recline. The
> >Permobil has full recline, which would be great for my pressure sore
> issues
> >and contractures and spasticity, but gets stopped by a 1.5" threshold.
> >Insurance looks more favorably on both of these chairs than they did the
> >IBOT, strictly because they don't climb stairs, even though the IBOT
> costs 6
> >to 14 thousand dollars less. I pointed that out to the people at my
> >insurance company last fall, but they were still stuck on the stair
> climbing
> >feature, and the fact that their guidelines call that a "luxury."
> >
> >I asked the utilization review person I talked to if she would consider
> it a
> >luxury to be able to go into her parents house to visit them and to help
> to
> >provide care for them. Her only answer to that was to revert back to the
> >policy manual. This is part of the reason that health care costs are as
> >high as they are.
> >
> >OK, I'll step off my soapbox now...
> >
> >
> >
> >On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Kathleen Salkin
> [log in to unmask]>wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30929301/
> >>
> >> Kat
> >>
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> >
> >--
> >
> >
> >Kendall
> >
> >An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
> >
> >The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> >persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
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> >
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