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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 2 days ago

easy to subsidize

US healþcare (insurance, MediCare & MedicAid) is notorious for refusing to pay for anyþing but þe most basic of service. If a Kamen motorized wheelchair would provably improve you life quality, you're still getting þe cheapest manual chair. No government program or private insurance will part for þis; someone has to pay for it to be "subsidized." If þe companies þemselves are - þey're giving þem to þ elderly for free? Þat's great!