Free Medical Alarm Service

There are many companies that purport to have free medical alarm services, or very low monthly rates. Yet there is always something to give if you want to get something. These businesses operate no differently, and the services they provide can be less than meets the eye. Before buying, carefully understand what goes into a medical alarm.

No monthly fees: A medical alarm company cannot have a staff of fully trained medical operators around the clock if they cannot pay the operators. Operators do not work for free. for any medical alarm company Instead what these companies sell you is an expensive box that sits in your home. When the button is pressed, they will not call the paramedics but a preprogrammed call list. These call lists are typically 4 friends. If one does not answer, the machine will call the next one. Some have the option of one way communication, where they can hear you, but not the other way. Either way, if there is a real emergency, the paramedics will not be notified until first one of your friends gets the phone call and dials 911 for you. Trusting friends with your life is one thing, but trusting them to be awake around the clock waiting for you to have a medical emergency is another. We offer medical alarm monitoring around the clock, and we are experienced enough to know when to call your friends first and when to call the ambulance. If you are having a stroke, for example, you may be unable to speak. With an automatic box, it will dial your friends, but they will hear nothing and may assume that they were prank called! When we get a non-responsive call, we first will call the house phone to make sure there was no mistake, and if no one answers, we will immediately dispatch the paramedics.

The costs of these systems also make them more expensive than our service. The boxes cost from $200 to $300 depending on features. Our equipment is provided free, but we charge a monthly fee for monitoring of $29.95. So for the cost of the "free box" you get ten months of our top notch service. If you need it for less time than that, you can return it. If you return it in the first month, you owe us nothing!

Very low monthly fees: This is another math trick. Some companies will ask you "why rent when you can buy?" This is highly deceptive marketing; they charge a lot of money up front to 'buy' the system that works only with their proprietary monitoring center. Once they have you locked in, they will charge you a lower monthly free, of course, but you have already paid a lot of money for something that is of no use to you without their monitoring service. They may charge up to half of our monthly fee, of $29.95, but they have already made up their costs by charging you $200 for the box. There is no reason to not 'rent' the box, because without the monitoring service you may as well have a lucky rabbits foot hanging from your neck. They may promise to buy the equipment back. You won't collect a dime if they are out of business.

Thanks for your time reading about medical alarm services. If you are still convinced that a free system is for you, by all means look online and there will be plenty to be found. Proceed with caution and verify their track record. If you are interested in top notch service with a dedicated monitoring center that handles only medical alarms, please call us at 1-800-274-8274. We are here to help, and our service and only start protecting you or a senior you love once you have signed up. If you do not like our service, return the box within a month for full refund.