[tabi] Re: Intel Sells Its Own Reader for the Healthcare Market - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
- From: "Allison and Chip Orange" <acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:48:12 -0500
actually, I think it does; also, it may be that Medicare would also buy it
for you. I don't really understand the relationship between SSDI, SSI, and
medicare, but I had an impression that one or both allowed blind people to
receive medicare before having to qualify by age; if so, then I do think
medicare would buy it.
Chip
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So, does that mean my insurance/medical provider will buy one for me?!!smile
Robert
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> Thanks Lynn! you've pretty certainly discovered the answer to the
> mystery of the Humanware "teaser" ads many of us have been receiving
> via email lately.
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> these ads, for those who haven't seen them, have you guessing as to
> what the next humanware product to be released is going to do; they
> hint only that it's very small.
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> the article Lynn uncovered is Intel announcing a new product, sold
> through humanware, which is a hand-held OCR much like the KNFB reader,
> but deliberately limited in technical capabilities so that no third
> party can enhance it to do anything else. it's planned to sell for
> $1500, because Intel is classing it as a medical device, which means
> insurance companies will pay for it, since it compensates for a
> specific loss of function, and is not a general purpose computer.
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> Chip
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