Health Insurance Question

Coach · 10-10-2006, 05:42 PM

As most of you folks who have met me and my younger brother in person, we're both hard of hearing, and we have to use a hearing aid to help us hear.

My question is, why does the insurance companies, specifically health insurance, does not cover the costs of either replacements or new purchases such as hearing aids, hearing aid molds, etc?

It has pretty much bothered me for quite some time, and I was discussing this issue to my co-worker during work today, and I said something along the lines of "Well, health insurance would help foot the bill for someone who has to have surgery for the arm, or a person who has it's leg amputated, and have a replacement.

10-10-2006, 05:42 PM	Topic Starter
Coach Champs! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $5788476	Health Insurance Question As most of you folks who have met me and my younger brother in person, we're both hard of hearing, and we have to use a hearing aid to help us hear. My question is, why does the insurance companies, specifically health insurance, does not cover the costs of either replacements or new purchases such as hearing aids, hearing aid molds, etc? It has pretty much bothered me for quite some time, and I was discussing this issue to my co-worker during work today, and I said something along the lines of "Well, health insurance would help foot the bill for someone who has to have surgery for the arm, or a person who has it's leg amputated, and have a replacement.
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