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"The industry that makes wheelchairs, pacemakers and other medical devices has launched a lobbying blitz to kill a tax on its products proposed in a health care bill moving through the Senate.
The $40 billion, 10-year tax is one of several new fees included in the Senate Finance Committee's health care legislation, but it is the only one so far that has drawn significant opposition from Democrats — many of whom have large medical device makers in their states. "
And this is after the medical device manufacturers went to the WH and pledged to voluntarily cut costs to help people be able to afford them.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009 -10-01-johnkyl_N.htm?csp=24&RM_Exclu de=Juno
Who exactly do you think will be paying for that tax? Yep...the consumer. Not just financially, though those costs will be passed along, but in access to technology as well.
scott - and those costs are passed along to the consumer.
ANY tax they tack on to anything will be picked up by the consumer. I am unsure of why people think government produces any revenue whatsoever other than the fake monopoly monetized debt printed by the treasury. The government has NO money--it comes from you and I. The "evil" corporations will either pass the cost on to you or go out of business. You eventually run out of "evil corporations" to tax when people can no longer afford the products and the companies cannot afford to produce it. Then who pays it? Again, you and I. Just MORE of the tab. How about that 10% of your paycheck the government will "let" you keep?
*and those evil insurance companies pass their cost on to the consumer--exactly what planet are we on that we think companies just engulf the cost and make no money whatsoever? Again...this explains why some people believe the government can "create jobs". wahahahahaha!@!!
.gov What else is out there?!?! Kinda scary as they're the largest wheelchair accessible van manufacturer in the US. Glad we didn't make a ...
Due to obvious confusion on the part of several respondents, I will rephrase and provide additional information to my original question. I am looking for a website of manufacturers of small motorcycles that can be disassembled and placed into a large carrying bag. They are typically about 80cc and only slightly larger than a Moped. They are considered portable and usually used as a recreational vehicle for campers who haul them along to the campsite. Some are street legal, just as Mopeds might be.
These are used widely in Great Britain and Asia as fuel efficient transport for short distances. Their top end is about 40mph with an average sized person on them. I don't want to try to obtain one all the way from Europe, so I am asking if anyone knows of a USA distributor. They "fold" at the frame junction just in front of the engine, and they have a carry bag made especially for them. When folded, they are about the size of a folded up wheelchair. They are not pocket rockets or minicycles. I am told they weigh under a hundred pounds. In England, they go for about $1,400 or so if my monetary conversion is correct. Maybe this further explanation will help to locate the product.
Any help locating something like this in the US would be appreciated. I saw one at a rest stop, attached to the back of an RV, but the owners were obviously resting and I didn't want to disturb them.
TXm42--Thanks for response. One good site there. Any other sites still welcome.
http://www.diblasi.com/home.htm
http://www.roadtolocal.com/windjammer/Wi ndJammers.html
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Unfortunately, there continues to be a market for wheelchairs for the sick, injured and moderately to severely mobility impaired. Regardless of whether the condition is short-term, long-term, or permanent, for the foreseeable future, individuals as well as institutions will continue to need transport chairs. The salient point that is often missed is that not everyone needs the same kind. It took far too long to recognize that persons with permanent mobility issues might desire or require chairs that enabled them to be more active than standard models might allow. However, once that need was acknowledge, the manufacturer of wheelchairs in all formats came quickly, with wheelchair companies, like anyone else, noticing a market and aiming at it. Today there are chairs on the market that enable paraplegics and double amputees to compete in races or participate in other activities that were once denied them. By the same token, people who would have been forced to be dependent on another person for movement and communication can steer chairs with their breath and talk by picking out letters through facial movements. There is no area that has not been responded to. Or so it seems. However, one of the biggest markets for transport chairs has largely had its particular and specialized needs ignored. Granted, this is generally because most people have failed to really note the need, or if they were aware of it, to believe anything could be done. Fortunately for all, one wheelchair company saw the need and in filling it has made things better for all parties concerned. There is a chair on the market that can only be propelled by an attendant, whose brakes automatically lock when it isn’t moving and which cannot be folded up and easily carted away. It also is built for easy side loading and can be equipped with numerous accessories, such as O2 tanks. The cost savings in loss alone will pay for the chairs, everything else will wind up saving the institution money. All this from one innovative wheelchair company.
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Independent - Mar 06, 2010
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