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Permalink Reply by Rosalene Graham on March 29, 2011 at 10:11pm

Terry,

When my son's family got their chairlift, they bought it used from a Craigslist ad at a decent price  They did not try for insurance,  Their insurance pays minimally for durable medical equipment and they were at their max for the year anyway.

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Permalink Reply by Rosalene Graham on March 30, 2011 at 4:03pm

And I meant stairlift too!

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Permalink Reply by Terry Porcaro on March 30, 2011 at 8:12pm

Thanks Rosalene:  That's a good suggestion about looking into buying a used one.  I'm glad you understood what I meant when I said chairlift instead of stairlift.   Thanks for the suggestion.

Rosalene Graham said:

And I meant stairlift too!

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Permalink Reply by Tina Klingaman on April 1, 2011 at 11:29pm

Our insurance did not cover it.  We were able to get some funding help from the Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation. 

 

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Permalink Reply by Patti Frank on April 21, 2011 at 9:06pm

Hey Terry,  Patti Frank here.  We  have two chairlifts.  They were about $2,500.  And we never put in to ins. for them.  I don't think they will pay but jsut forgot about it but we just submitted to Catastrophic fund for them.  It's now about a 6 month wait to get money back from them,.  But its' great to know we have it. 

 

Hope all is well.  Talk soon.

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Permalink Reply by Terry Porcaro on April 26, 2011 at 9:35am

Thanks Patti:  One company quoted $3,999.00, which is quite a bit more than what you paid.  He said it operated on a different system and was more durable and long lasting, plus very quiet.  I think maybe a little more shopping around is in order to get price quotes from other companies.  Patti, maybe you would know better than me, but I thought I read somewhere that Gov. Christie was reducing or eliminating the Catastrophic illness fund???

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