Written by Annie Kwon

The Congress has issued a bill that Medicare would cover the cost of hearing aids, audiologists and such. The title of the bill is Medicare Hearing Enhancement and Auditory Rehabilitation (HEAR) Act of 2009. It is a good thing because the private insurance companies tend to follow the Medicare infrastructure. If Medicare covers hearing aids, then private insurance companies will follow and start covering the hearing aids. So far, there are only 6 House representatives sponsoring this bill and the status is that it has been submitted to Committee on Finance 6 months ago. It will be a long way to get this bill go into motion.

We need insurance to cover the hearing aids because they are really expensive. Why don’t we have this since it’s a medical issue?