Well, Alan has a pair of custom molded shoes (with inserts) from 2008 and a pair of custom molded shoes (with inserts) from 2009.

You see, the company that made the shoes and inserts ASSUMED Alan's insurance company would pay because they did so in 2008 and they paid for the shoes in 2009.

So when the shoe company was DENIED for the inserts they said "wait a minute, you paid for shoes and inserts in 2008 and you paid for the shoes in 2009, BUT YOU WON'T PAY FOR THE INSERTS??"

This all was told to the judge and he sounded sympathetic but it made no difference.

So to answer your question, I would assume Alan could switch inserts in both pairs but he can't put these inserts IN REGULAR SHOES.

He has to have CUSTOM MOLDED shoes.

We just paid money to have both pairs of shoes re-sold.

But as for the inserts, well, they need to be replaced every so often because they wear out.

See, we can re-sole the shoes, but we can't fix the inserts.

And now that the shoe company knows that his HMO is NOT GOING TO BE PAYING for anything, I would gather they are NOT going to measuring Alan for any more shoes or inserts, right?

And Alan was due to get new shoes for 2010.

This is not going to happen.

oh well.

Melody