Ohio lawmakers want insurance companies to cover hearing aids
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She also has three siblings, and two of them also have hearing loss. The cost for her family, including audiology visits, ear molds and batteries, she said, can exceed
"I use my hearing aids almost every moment I'm awake," Warren, 16, said Thursday. "Access to sound is access to my community, my school, my employers and hopefully one day my patients."
Warren, who hopes to become a doctor, and others spoke in favor of House Bill 243, which would require health insurance plans in
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Without a hearing aid, the cost of intervention can exceed
Those cost savings will be among the key arguments in support of the bill, said Rep.
"Besides a moral interest, we also have an invested financial interest," Russo said. "Having those conversations with our colleagues, we have found them to be very respective of that."
The bill has 21 co-sponsors, including three
Ferruso said the bill also doesn't appear to impact public employees, and larger, self-insured companies are generally exempt from state insurance mandates.
The bill is named "Madeline's Law" for
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