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outsdrSo i did get put on oxygen at night, 2 liters of it per minute or something. Brand new machine that sounds a bit like a milking machine and condenses the O2 out of room air, which is nice. I've had it for little over a week and I think it's making a positive difference. Hard to describe, but I think I'm sleeping a bit more deeply and I'm more clear headed in the morning.
And then I found out the damn machine will cost me $93 per month, after insurance, forever.
Holy macaroni. What a racket. But then, this is also the same company that screwed up my CPAP insurance submission years ago, didn't fix it, didn't tell me, then turned a bill of $1,500 over to collections. After that, I refused to ever do business with them again ... but they're suddenly the only game in town.
I found an O2 Condensor online for under $600, and asked my sleep therapist if she had any objections to me getting it; she said no. Yay! I ordered it up, she sent of the prescription, and now I wait.
I packaged up the one I have to return to the company, who were going to stop by tonight with more paperwork for me to sign that I apparently should have signed when it was delivered in the first place. I've told them twice I'm only available after 5:30 pm, and so far they've left a note on my door saying they were here at 11 am, and a phone call asking me if I was available right now - at 4:30 pm.
I would sigh, but I probably shouldn't spare the air.
And then I found out the damn machine will cost me $93 per month, after insurance, forever.
Holy macaroni. What a racket. But then, this is also the same company that screwed up my CPAP insurance submission years ago, didn't fix it, didn't tell me, then turned a bill of $1,500 over to collections. After that, I refused to ever do business with them again ... but they're suddenly the only game in town.
I found an O2 Condensor online for under $600, and asked my sleep therapist if she had any objections to me getting it; she said no. Yay! I ordered it up, she sent of the prescription, and now I wait.
I packaged up the one I have to return to the company, who were going to stop by tonight with more paperwork for me to sign that I apparently should have signed when it was delivered in the first place. I've told them twice I'm only available after 5:30 pm, and so far they've left a note on my door saying they were here at 11 am, and a phone call asking me if I was available right now - at 4:30 pm.
I would sigh, but I probably shouldn't spare the air.
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Date: 2017-04-08 12:33 am (UTC)The sooner the company who wanted to profit from keeping you breathing, but can't even read a clock, are out of your life, the better.
Does the oxygen machine attach to the CPAP machine? (What I really want to know is how it concentrates the O2 in the air. I'm gonna go look that up.)
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Date: 2017-04-08 12:50 am (UTC)And they "make" oxygen in a way I wasn't even thinking of ... it's pretty cool.
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Date: 2017-04-12 05:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-08 02:17 pm (UTC)My mask is the one listed for $89. (https://www.cpap.com/cpap-masks/full-face-cpap-mask.php#:::4::) This company billed me $255. After insurance, I owe $78.
The $45 cushions? $240.
The $5 filters? $40.
The $4.75 hose? $49.
The 5 pack of disposable filters for $6? $19.
All told, they billed my insurance company $653. After my deductibles, I owe them $190.
On top of this, I was reading over the original paperwork they sent me with the O2 condenser ... it has a clause in small print that states they will automatically send me parts for my CPAP whenever my insurance allows them to.
That's not going to happen.
I will be talking with my sleep therapist on Monday.
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Date: 2017-04-10 01:13 am (UTC)