Latest / Winning With Winans! / Veteran-Owned Innovation: Non-Opioid Pain Relief Devices Covered by the VA
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- speaker-0: So give me a sales pitch here. You know, who are you? Okay. And why should I pick your product over somebody else? speaker-1: Yeah, awesome. So I think we're one of the only companies kind of that exists like us. we are a veteran-owned, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business. We have a certification with the sam.gov. We provide in a nutshell pain management devices that are completely covered by the VA, i.e., free to veterans and ship directly to your homes. And that's as simple as that. There is a way for veterans to You know, when they've experienced pain during their time in the service and serving us, that they can actually have some relief on that pain where when it's non opioid. speaker-0: Okay. Yes. So w w would it so is there which pains would we be talking about? Would it I mean I'm assuming it's wounds or previous wounds? Could be wounds. Or wear and tear of the body. speaker-1: Wear and tear the body. It's it's wounds, it's aches and pains, it's arthritis, it's neuropathy, it's things that even can happen, you know, many years later, right? But they could be connected from something that you've, you know, provided in the service. So whether you're in there for four years, ten years, twenty years, when you come out, our bodies are different than when we went in, right? Sometimes they're different when you're just, you know, tying your shoe in the morning from than when you when you woke up, right? speaker-0: Yeah. Well anybody who knows about those rucksacks and in training and you have to carry all that stuff. Sure it's heavy. speaker-1: Yeah. And what's nice is our devices are not even just specific to a certain area of the body. They can be used on knees, on shoulders, on backs, on on feet, anything like that. We even have a red light therapy that is helpful to your face for migraines. Yes. Wow. So pretty much anywhere that you are experiencing pain that is service connected, we have something that is that can help you. speaker-0: Now w can you find this device? can anybody who's not a vet find this device? speaker-1: You can, however, they're not currently covered by any other commercial insurances except for service connected insurance, which is tri west technically. speaker-0: Is that just a matter of getting it approved and stuff? speaker-1: Yes. So I know the companies that are the manufacturers of these are working hard to try to get tri care, which would be like your retired retired veteran has that for life. and Medicare as well too. Once the Medicare thing would be would be wonderful when it would when it does finally get approved, because then we're not just helping veterans, but we're also helping those covered under Medicare, which is a huge population. speaker-0: Yeah. No, I was gonna sp I was literally gonna bring that up. I've got to believe Medicare, especially with all the Medicare expansion stuff that's coming out. As I get a little closer to those days, you start having stuff. speaker-1: Right, right. I mean I mean why I have parents too that need that, you know, would would happily love to be able to qualify for these items and you know, right now I just let him my dad use my demos pretty much. sorry. speaker-0: You didn't hear that anybody. Yeah, don't FDA you didn't hear that. Yeah, I know. All right. Alicia, we're gonna take a real quick break to hear from our sponsors and we'll be right back with winning with winums.