Does Medicare Pay For Durable Medical Equipment?

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   Jason Goldenzweig

   Co-Founder, TermInsuranceBrokers.com, Goldenzweig Financial Group, Las Vegas, Nevada

   Medicare Part B provides some coverage for durable medical equipment (DME) when it is prescribed by your doctor for personal use at home - your doctor has to be enrolled with Medicare for DMEs to be covered.  
   
   Part B will cover about 80% of your cost - a medicare supplement can help pick up the other 20%.

   Answered on March 19, 2014

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   Steve Adlman

   Owner, Alabama Medicare Plans, Birmingham, Alabama

   Medicare Part B covers durable medical equipment (walkers, wheelchairs and power mobility devices, power lifts, oxygen, prosthetics, hospital bed, infusion pumps, nebulizers, CPAP devices for sleep apnea). After the Part B deductible of $166 has been met Medicare will cover 80% for durable medical equipment. If you have a Medicare Supplement it will pay the other 20%.

   Answered on March 9, 2016

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