alt Hacker News> 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.
> I suspect its more of you don't really know the situation at all.
> You're fundamentally misunderstanding the market for wheelchairs.
You're correct, hence my terms like "assume" and "suspect". Can you enlighten me? My research has not helped me understand the daily impact and variances between a 1x and 50-100x priced product. In most industries the difference is very obvious with this large of a gap.