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Alert Name: Alert1 Medicare pays 4 times suppliers' wheelchair cost, report says 09/02/09 05:39 PM, EDT Power-driven wheelchairs are costing Medicare and its beneficiaries nearly four times what suppliers pay for them, and competitive bidding could have reduced those costs, according to an inspector general's report released Wednesday. FULL STORY You have agreed to receive this email from CNN.com as a result of your CNN.com preference settings. To manage your settings click here. To alter your alert criteria or frequency or to unsubscribe from receiving custom email alerts, click here. Cable News Network. One CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 © 2009 Cable News Network. A Time Warner Company All Rights Reserved. View our privacy policy and terms.