Archive - August 2016

Alabama, retiree Ken K. keeps busy as a minister for his local community church.  For the past 6 years, Ken and his wife have benefited from sleep apnea treatment, each using a CPAP at night to help manage their sleep disorders and prevent low blood oxygen levels, hypertension, heart disease, and other serious problems that can occur if left untreated. Ken recently contacted People for Quality Care after learning about some concerning Medicare changes that affect his community’s ability

Jane Zajac shares how Medicare’s reimbursement cuts to equipment have limited her oxygen supply in emergency situations. This letter was sent to Connecticut Congressional members. Please read. To Whom This May Concern, I received a letter  from my durable medical equipment provider, (DME), stating they will no longer be providing unlimited free oxygen in power outages of any type because of environmental conditions that are beyond their control and no reimbursement is available