Woman : Rented , Congress sets the rates Medicare pays and Congress determined that wheelchairs should be billed on a monthly rate for 13 months -- the renter has to pay 20 percent of the costs . $ 1,200 taxpayer-funded wheelchair can be bought for $ 440 . CNN found chair that could be bought for a fourth of the price . Debbie Brown believes her story , wheelchair underscore problem health care reform . Comment:
Woman : Rented , $ 1,200 taxpayer-funded wheelchair can be bought for $ 440 . CNN found chair that could be bought for a fourth of the price . Debbie Brown believes her story , wheelchair underscore problem health care reform . Comment: