New Jersey Moms Battle for Hearing Aid Coverage
Sunday November 12, 2006
A press release reports on a fight by mothers to get New Jersey insurance companies to cover hearing aids for children. The article mentions GracesLaw.com, a website that keeps people up to date on the effort.
Comments
Re: New Jersey Moms Battle for Hearing Aid Coverage..This is long overdue. Hearing Aids for hearing impaired children (and adults) are not an option. They need to be covered just like any other medical necessity. I know…I need them and can’t afford them!
Where I work, I work in a deaf school and I have benefit. My insurance does cover both my hearing and I think that it should be demand for any and all insurance to cover because it is a necessity for them to have.
Something needs to be done about this injustice.How can insurance companies decide that vision coverage is warranted but not hearing aid coverage.I posed that question to our insuance company.Who are they to decide that it’s more imporant to see than hear.That’s the message they send by not covering any cost of hearing aids.
I agree their comment and have a hard time to get my hearing aids since 94′ until now not accept for hearing aids I have son I need to hear and myself personal need to hear if someone knocked the door or hear something noise arount the house or my dogs barking . Insurance companies ingoring our deafies their needs and they think them self and not deaf people needs. I am still complained to socail sercuity and any insurance company that I work for and have benifit why should I pay benifit that wont accept for hearing aids . I am not happy about that. thank u for listen