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RE: CPAP costs rant!!!!! - rdalby69 - 08-21-2019
(08-16-2019, 03:14 AM)holden4th Wrote: Australia .... Your health fund will be similarly unsympathetic.
Another Aussie here.
I'm newly diagnosed and haven't got a machine yet (titration sleep test tonight). My health fund, HCF, at my premium level pays either $500 or $600 every 3 years towards the machine but I don't know if that includes the attachments.
RE: CPAP costs rant! - wesozzzz - 08-22-2019
Any Ausies on Government Income support eg Health or Concession Card Card holders and use a prescribed medical device eg CPAP machine, could be eligible for an annual $160 payment.
see
https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/essential-medical-equipment-payment#a4.
RE: CPAP costs rant! - dwd1249 - 08-22-2019
(08-22-2019, 05:18 PM)wesozzzz Wrote: Any Ausies on Government Income support eg Health or Concession Card Card holders and use a prescribed medical device eg CPAP machine, could be eligible for an annual $160 payment.
see
https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/essential-medical-equipment-payment#a4.
I receive it I'm on the aged pension.
Also check if your state has a electricity rebate such as NSW Govt Life Support Rebate.