Profit-Driven Power Wheelchair Companies Put Medicare Patients at Risk of Falls and Fires
- May 26, 2020
- Attorney Matt Stoddard
- Product Liability
When discussing Medicare wheelchairs, it’s important to note that Medicare itself does not produce medical supplies; it only funds them. The actual suppliers and maintenance providers for devices like power wheelchairs are independent, for-profit companies. Some are honest businesses that produce safe products to fill medically appropriate prescriptions, but others exist for the express purpose of extracting as much taxpayer money from Medicare as possible, without regard for patients’ nee...
