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"Over the last year, 16 states have considered implementing 'right to repair legislation,' which pushes assistive equipment and durable technology manufacturers to make it easier to find replacement parts and make repairs, and in some cases, even requires companies to make fixes within a certain timeframe.
Repeated problems with faulty technology can lead to an otherwise independent person getting seriously hurt or being forced into a nursing home, said Gerald Hay, director of Independence First, a Milwaukee-based disability advocacy organization. That's an expensive outcome that many of the organization's clients try to avoid, he added.
'The difference in the cost to put somebody into a home for $25,000 a month as opposed to $500 to get a lift repaired — the savings are huge,' Hay said."