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MillCreek

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Insurers try to screw you on the CPAP
« on: November 21, 2018, 10:10:53 PM »
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/11/21/669751038/you-snooze-you-lose-how-insurers-dodge-the-costs-of-popular-sleep-apnea-devices

I was listening to this on the way home tonight, and I recalled that many people here use a CPAP.
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Re: Insurers try to screw you on the CPAP
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2018, 10:27:07 AM »
Thanks.  I guess mine is old.  It has a data card, but no one has ever asked me for it.  When I reorder supplies, the computer always asked if I am using it at least 4 hours a night. 

Can I assume he hooked this new machine up to his wifi? 
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Re: Insurers try to screw you on the CPAP
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2018, 10:50:28 AM »
Thanks.  I guess mine is old.  It has a data card, but no one has ever asked me for it.  When I reorder supplies, the computer always asked if I am using it at least 4 hours a night. 

Can I assume he hooked this new machine up to his wifi? 

No.  It has a built-in cellular data link.  But if you really don't want them spying on you, you can put in it "airplane mode".
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