As private equity dominates wheelchair market, users wait months for repairs
Over the last decade, private equity firms acquired scores of wheelchair makers. Now, users routinely wait months to get their chairs repaired.
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Over the last decade, private equity firms acquired scores of wheelchair makers. Now, users routinely wait months to get their chairs repaired.
Wheelchair users and advocates gathered in Hartford on Tuesday to testify before the Health and Human Services Committee in support of Senate Bill 308, titled AN ACT IMPLEMENTING TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHEELCHAIR REPAIRS.
Dozens of wheelchair users took over a section of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Thursday to protest lengthy wheelchair repair wait times.
HARTFORD, CT – Wheelchair users and their legislative allies rallied at the state Capitol Thursday to call for legislation to decrease wait times and improve service when it comes to repairing wheelchairs.
After a year of meetings the Wheelchair Repair Task Force made its recommendations to three legislative committees this week, but none of them were consensus recommendations.