The wheelchair “was not properly measured and fitted for the Plaintiff’s body and physical needs, is not the right wheelchair for the Plaintiff’s needs and the wheelchair continues to malfunction and fall apart,” the complaint reads. [...] That would include days or weeks waiting for the firm to send out a technician to assess the problem; days or weeks more waiting while Numotion sought and received approval for reimbursement from Medicare or Medicaid; and weeks more waiting for the company to order and receive the tip wheel part and schedule a follow up home visit with a technician to do the repair. [...] Colorado Steps Up with Wheelchair Right to Repair Law Faced with a consolidated and lopsided market for service and repair, wheelchair users and advocates for the disabled are looking to new right to repair laws and changes to federal and state policies for relief. [...] On its path through the Colorado legislature, the Consumer Right To Repair Powered Wheelchairs Act faced many of the same arguments from wheelchair manufacturers and CRT suppliers that the automotive industry used to argue against the Massachusetts auto right to repair law, and that other industries have used to fight broader right to repair bills for personal electronics or agricultural equipment. [...] The testimony of countless wheelchair users and disabilities rights activists make clear that wheelchair service and repair is a broken marketplace in which wheelchair owners lack access to the information, replacement parts and software to service the equipment they rely on to commute to jobs, buy groceries and attend to their families and loved ones.
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