alt Hacker NewsMy first kagi result also shows many options below AUD $1000 (USD $700 or so):
https://www.buywheelchair.com.au/
I suspect it's like anything in the US - despite much of the global research being done there at taxpayer expense, Americans seem to get screwed over on anything health or medicine related. And they continue to argue that their health system is a good one, for some weird Stockholm Syndrome-esque reason I suppose.
I would assume the wheelchairs I linked above are made in China and anyone enterprising could import them for < $500 USD per unit. I also assume their insurance cartel would have an argument why they're not suitable, despite being suitable for the other 7.8B people in the world.
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> Americans seem to get screwed over on anything health or medicine related. And they continue to argue that their health system is a good one, for some weird Stockholm Syndrome-esque reason I suppose.
"U.S. allies ride free on American defense spending. Health care, indeed, is a kind of second NATO."
> I suspect it's like anything in the US
I suspect its more of you don't really know the situation at all.
You can get these cheap wheelchairs in the US as well. Here's one for ~$150US.
https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/drive-medical-silver-sport...
You wouldn't want to spend every day of your life in one of these chairs though. You're fundamentally misunderstanding the market for wheelchairs.