Hoveround (1990) by Hoveround

Record 116 · Mobility · 1990

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Hoveround

Hoveround

“The power-chair brand that turned reimbursement into a television category.”

Hoveround sold power chairs direct-to-consumer on the back of Medicare coverage rules. The ads taught a generation that a chair could be 'free.'

Medicare-as-marketing for power mobility — for better and worse.

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  • DTC power chairs
  • Reimbursement-led sales
  • National advertising

Medicare paid. The ads ran.