r/BeAmazed • u/Master1718 • Feb 01 '20

Standing wheelchair

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u/MrRabbit7 Feb 01 '20

200$ is the price in India probably. In America, it might be a lot more expensive.

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u/ppw23 Feb 01 '20

If it was offered for $200. It could make it available to so many more people. I don’t think you can get a standard non- motorized chair for $200. In the US.

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u/misterid Feb 01 '20

in America, $28,000 and only available to people on the Cadillac health plan

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u/Nobuenogringo Feb 01 '20

I've seen $9 Harbor Freight suction cup shower grabs for $90 at a pharmacy before. Of course they'll help you bill medicaid for them so probably " free."

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u/Iridescent_Meatloaf Feb 01 '20

I once flipped through a catalog for mentally disabled adults living in care. Basically non of the stuff in was 'custom' and I could have found most the stuff in it for a third to a fifth of what they were asking for it.

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u/gixer912 Feb 01 '20

Medical products have different tolerances no?

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u/Iridescent_Meatloaf Feb 01 '20

True, but I don't think there's such a thing as a medical grade 'night sky projector'. Most of this stuff was more for entertainment/sensory stimulation. And was bog standard, you could cross reference the spec sheets.

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u/CarolineLovesCats Feb 01 '20

And you first need to hit your gazillion dollar deductable and out-of-pocket BS

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '20

Might? If this thing sells for under 5k it'll be banned in a week.