FARK.com: (6985760) After extensive research conducted in Walmarts across the nation, Medicare determines too many Americans are using power wheelchairs that they don't really need

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		After extensive research conducted in Walmarts across the nation, Medicare determines too many Americans are using power wheelchairs that they don't really need (tampabay.com)		196
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Walker		2012-03-09 01:58:08 PM

Well duh, the commercials say they are free and Medicare will pay for them. Why wouldn't lazy people get one?

King Something		2012-03-09 01:58:32 PM

America sounds fat.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat		2012-03-09 02:01:17 PM

King Something: America sounds fat.

We're big boned.

James!		2012-03-09 02:07:50 PM

God Is My Co-Pirate		2012-03-09 02:07:57 PM

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: King Something: America sounds fat.

We're big boned.

Husky.

BurnShrike		2012-03-09 02:08:11 PM

I think these carts are just making the obesity problem worse. There was a time when these types of chairs were only for the disabled.

Now every fat fark has one, and how will you ever lose weight if you never even stand up? Walking is an incredible form of exercise. It's low impact, it's low energy, and our bodies are well designed to do it. Chances of injuring yourself is very low.

We keep funding all these "be more active" programs to get kids and adults to play sports or run or bike or something. How about we start by telling people to get off their fat ass and actually walk around the store as they fill their shopping cart with cheesies and marshmallows?

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat		2012-03-09 02:10:54 PM

God Is My Co-Pirate: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: King Something: America sounds fat.

We're big boned.

Husky.

Jolly

James!		2012-03-09 02:11:55 PM

BurnShrike: I think these carts are just making the obesity problem worse. There was a time when these types of chairs were only for the disabled.

Now every fat fark has one, and how will you ever lose weight if you never even stand up? Walking is an incredible form of exercise. It's low impact, it's low energy, and our bodies are well designed to do it. Chances of injuring yourself is very low.

We keep funding all these "be more active" programs to get kids and adults to play sports or run or bike or something. How about we start by telling people to get off their fat ass and actually walk around the store as they fill their shopping cart with cheesies and marshmallows?

If these fat tubs of goo didn't have jazzys they wouldn't even leave their homes. We'd be removing their 2 ton corpses with forklifts.

oldfarthenry		2012-03-09 02:14:16 PM

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: God Is My Co-Pirate: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: King Something: America sounds fat.

We're big boned.

Husky.

Jolly

Morbidly jovial (props to brap)

CitizenTed		2012-03-09 02:19:12 PM

Do these pointy-headed elitists have any idea how ha-a-a-ard it is to walk from the 17th parking space at WalMart all the way to the oversize athletic-wear section and back? I mean, I have to down two hot dogs and chocolate shake just to replace the calories I lost driving the Pride Mobility Scooter there and back! Imagine if I had to walk!

Signed,
American Patriot

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat		2012-03-09 02:21:52 PM

oldfarthenry: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: God Is My Co-Pirate: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: King Something: America sounds fat.

We're big boned.

Husky.

Jolly

Morbidly jovial (props to brap)

Rubenesque

VictoryCabal		2012-03-09 02:47:19 PM

Attention people of Wal-Mart: you're not riding the cart because you're fat, you're fat because you ride the cart. Try walking once in a while.

ThatGuyFromTheInternet		2012-03-09 02:59:20 PM

James!: BurnShrike: I think these carts are just making the obesity problem worse. There was a time when these types of chairs were only for the disabled.

Now every fat fark has one, and how will you ever lose weight if you never even stand up? Walking is an incredible form of exercise. It's low impact, it's low energy, and our bodies are well designed to do it. Chances of injuring yourself is very low.

We keep funding all these "be more active" programs to get kids and adults to play sports or run or bike or something. How about we start by telling people to get off their fat ass and actually walk around the store as they fill their shopping cart with cheesies and marshmallows?

If these fat tubs of goo didn't have jazzys they wouldn't even leave their homes. We'd be removing their 2 ton corpses with forklifts.

Hey, Survival of the Fittest.

James!		2012-03-09 03:02:28 PM

ThatGuyFromTheInternet: James!: BurnShrike: I think these carts are just making the obesity problem worse. There was a time when these types of chairs were only for the disabled.

Now every fat fark has one, and how will you ever lose weight if you never even stand up? Walking is an incredible form of exercise. It's low impact, it's low energy, and our bodies are well designed to do it. Chances of injuring yourself is very low.

We keep funding all these "be more active" programs to get kids and adults to play sports or run or bike or something. How about we start by telling people to get off their fat ass and actually walk around the store as they fill their shopping cart with cheesies and marshmallows?

If these fat tubs of goo didn't have jazzys they wouldn't even leave their homes. We'd be removing their 2 ton corpses with forklifts.

Hey, Survival of the Fittest.

You're not wrong.

The Onanist		2012-03-09 03:19:37 PM

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: oldfarthenry: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: God Is My Co-Pirate: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: King Something: America sounds fat.

We're big boned.

Husky.

Jolly

Morbidly jovial (props to brap)

Rubenesque

Overtly plump

old_toole		2012-03-09 04:05:50 PM

The Onanist: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: oldfarthenry: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: God Is My Co-Pirate: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: King Something: America sounds fat.

We're big boned.

Husky.

Jolly

Morbidly jovial (props to brap)

Rubenesque

Overtly plump

Portly

vpb		2012-03-09 04:09:32 PM

Great. Now there is going to be a government takeover and we will have scooter panels. If the people of ~~Walmart~~ the heartland have to walk they will burn too much energy to keep up that work ethic that made this country what it is today.

Flab		2012-03-09 04:25:34 PM

Don't you tree-hugging hippies want people to use electric vehicles? Stop complaining when they do.

Jerkwater		2012-03-09 05:04:44 PM

rollin-hatin.jpg

here to help		2012-03-09 05:06:55 PM

It's fat lazy f*cks like that who are making it a b*tch for me to get one.

/not fat
//just can't move around very well

teeny		2012-03-09 05:08:31 PM

Headline made me snicker. +1

CasperImproved		2012-03-09 05:08:33 PM

What a Walmart rider looks like (new window)

/Enough said

ggecko		2012-03-09 05:09:06 PM

Phony_Soldier		2012-03-09 05:10:11 PM

old_toole: The Onanist: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: oldfarthenry: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: God Is My Co-Pirate: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: King Something: America sounds fat.

We're big boned.

Husky.

Jolly

Morbidly jovial (props to brap)

Rubenesque

Overtly plump

Portly

Rotund

SpaceyCat		2012-03-09 05:10:12 PM

Having had to use a mobility scooter (not powered) to get around after foot surgery (can't use crutches very often due to sternum problems), they suck ass, but they do serve a purpose. I was SOOOOO happy to be able to just walk around again once the foot healed up enough to tolerate it.

_{\getting up three flights of stairs after foot surgery was lots of fun
\\thankfully I was smart enough to wash the damn stairs before I scooted my ass back up the stairs}

Gonad the Ballbarian		2012-03-09 05:10:58 PM

Jerkwater: rollin-hatin.jpg

Below is your Medicare paid for electric pic-poster, you lazyass

i2.photobucket.com

Smeggy Smurf		2012-03-09 05:11:03 PM

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: King Something: America sounds fat.

We're big boned.

Why yes I do have a big boner thank you for asking. Weirdo.

The Jami Turman Fan Club		2012-03-09 05:11:55 PM

They could have saved the money and gone to Disney World

Doc Daneeka		2012-03-09 05:12:02 PM

VictoryCabal: you're not riding the cart because you're fat, you're fat because you ride the cart.

Both are true. A causes B which causes A which causes B...

It's kind of a chicken-or-the-egg situation.

Mattyb710		2012-03-09 05:13:32 PM

ToldThereWouldBeCake		2012-03-09 05:14:26 PM

tricycleracer		2012-03-09 05:15:04 PM

at little or no cost to you

at little or no cost to you

at little or no cost to you

SpaceyCat		2012-03-09 05:15:37 PM

here to help: //just can't move around very well

:-\

Not good. Crutches not good for you either?

Contents Under Pressure		2012-03-09 05:15:53 PM

I keep thinking of the famous "Three Wolves T-Shirt" review on Amazon...

HotIgneous Intruder		2012-03-09 05:15:56 PM

FTA: "Those eligibility requirements will not change June 1 - but you'll have to prove you qualify before you take delivery of a device that can cost more than $10,000."

Ten grand for one of these meat movers?
Somebody's getting raped.

trappedspirit		2012-03-09 05:16:03 PM

Walker: Well duh, the commercials say they are free and Medicare will pay for them. Why wouldn't lazy people get one?

And more importantly, why wouldn't a medical equipment provider want to run commercials and "qualify" as many people as possible for this care to get their percentage. And by "qualify", I mean something just short of a trained monkey with a rubber stamp.

joseelsegundo		2012-03-09 05:16:32 PM

Phony_Soldier: old_toole: The Onanist: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: oldfarthenry: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: God Is My Co-Pirate: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: King Something: America sounds fat.

We're big boned.

Husky.

Jolly

Morbidly jovial (props to brap)

Rubenesque

Overtly plump

Portly

Rotund

Stout

LarryDan43		2012-03-09 05:18:22 PM

I thought like pajama pants and a stained t shirt they were a requirement to shop at walmart?

TravisBickle62		2012-03-09 05:18:33 PM

trivial use of my dark powers		2012-03-09 05:19:46 PM

Mattyb710: old_toole: The Onanist: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: oldfarthenry: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: God Is My Co-Pirate: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: King Something: America sounds fat.

We're big boned.

Husky.

Jolly

Morbidly jovial (props to brap)

Rubenesque

Overtly plump

Portly

[img.photobucket.com image 200x436]

Over-inflated

LeroyBourne		2012-03-09 05:20:01 PM

It's beyond me why someone would want to slowly lethargically move through the isles. I power shop.

chitownmike		2012-03-09 05:20:21 PM

No wall-e referance I am disappoint

WTFDYW		2012-03-09 05:21:24 PM

I see these fat asses riding around in these scooters and just want to sneak up and unplug the battery connection and walk off whistling while they sit there flummoxed.

ConConHead		2012-03-09 05:21:46 PM

TravisBickle62: old_toole: The Onanist: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: oldfarthenry: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: God Is My Co-Pirate: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: King Something: America sounds fat.

We're big boned.

Husky.

Jolly

Morbidly jovial (props to brap)

Rubenesque

Overtly plump

Portly

Curvy

B-Word Fat (Thank you Patton Oswald) Buy-N-Large approves!

Delay		2012-03-09 05:22:47 PM

There needs to be an improvement in how well the AMA is policing its docs. The AMA has the tightest union in the world and their greed is obvious. Every one of these scooters represents at least one office visit and a prescription from the shady physician. The costs add up.

Here's another bad one. She wrote 27,000 prescriptions over a three year period. At $100 per office visit, that would be almost $1 million per year profit. Link (new window)

here to help		2012-03-09 05:23:25 PM

SpaceyCat: here to help: //just can't move around very well

:-\

Not good. Crutches not good for you either?

I tried years ago but they torqued my body out something fierce and made things worse. Those forearm crutch things might work better but I still wouldn't get very far before spasming or wrenching something out of place.

What do you mean "non-powered" scooter? I don't understand.

trappedspirit		2012-03-09 05:25:30 PM

LeroyBourne: It's beyond me why someone would want to slowly lethargically move through the isles. I power shop.

You probably have to be somewhere in 26 minutes. They have no where to be.