Submitted by AmethystOrator t3_105y0xj in UpliftingNews
MrSpiffenhimer t1_j3fqhkn wrote
Reply to comment by Kelzut in A new wheelchair from the inventor of the Steadicam by AmethystOrator
They said he’d only made 100, so I’m guessing they’re nowhere near where an insurance company would even start to evaluate it. An insurance company won’t bother evaluating it for coverage if there’s only a few dozen even available, it’s not worth the costs. Besides the fact that there are dozens of health insurers in the US that would all need to evaluate it, the numbers aren’t there, yet. He’d need to ramp up production significantly before that could happen. I could see this being picked up, at significant cost, by spinal cord injury rehab facilities like Madonna and QLI for internal use, which could lead to significant demand to help fund a boost in production to get to the critical mass for insurance coverage.
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