Scooter store fraud
That's right ladies and gentlemen, although having a stair lifter or motor scooter to get around would be very important, the scooter store actually funds these through the use of Medicare , a federally funded insurance type thing that help the elderly pay for medical expenses.
Now this sounds great, except for the fact that since it is government money, they encourage people to exploit it. And how exactly? Or more importantly , why?
Well first of all, government money is just in a state of limbo, since a huge amount [of money] is still set aside while Medicare has not expired, because it was initially created to allow old people to survive , since most retirement funds literally blow (500$/month wont cover even rent , let alone medical insurance).
Although Medicare is something that is absolutely great, and damn anyone that lets it actually expire, it is easy to exploit. Exploiting it means that a person that is on Medicare just needs a physician's "ok" to get a power scooter, as an example. The physician will get paid for the visit by Medicaid , the patient will get a free scooter , and the scooterstore will get a hefty sum , since such a device is about 1000$.
Now do you see where this is going? I mean we love the idea of accommodating those that need accommodation , we are not heartless , but the scooter store has become infamous for forcing physicians to prescribe a chair, through harassment.
So in a way, it is trying to get thousands of people that are not eligible, approved. And why? Well, because it's a bloody business. Who cares if they are wasting tax-payer funds , right? I mean they are getting rich on our stupidity and cowardliness, since everyone would rather cave and watch rather than take action and sanction this economic superpower.
It seems odd for us to say this, since we usually support the idea of getting rich from something so practical, and although we wish that all those people that got these luxurious chairs deserved them, the world is never so one-sided.