Friday, July 13, 2007

Health-Insurance: Buying Used Electric Wheelchairs

Mounting health costs and cuts to government funding are making
wheelchair users seek heaper alternatives like used electric
wheelchairs. Secondhand electric wheelchairs are no doubt heaper
than new ones but a lot of care should be taken when buying a used
electric wheelchair.

Sources of used electric wheelchairs are primarily relatives,
friends, and local support groups. Information about used electric
wheelchairs is also available in advertisements on bulletin boards,
newsletters, Web sites, at local hospitals and rehabilitation
centers, or local disability organizations. Information for finding
used wheelchairs can also be found in newspaper classifieds or in
pawnshops.

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