I feel that all the major health insurance companies and Adult/Children Medicaid and Medicare programs should be required to cover the cost of Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids. As a deaf american with cochlear implants, such hearing technology is life changing and enables better opportunities for those who are deafened if they so choose hearing devices that enhances their quality of life. Many insurance companies think getting a Cochlear Implant is a “cosmetic” or non-medically necessary procedure. This needs to change and insurance companies should be made to cover Otolarynologist visits, Audiology Visits and cochlear implants and hearing aids withouth the battle of going through a pre-approval process that can delay a better quality of life for those individvuals. Also more Federal and State money needs to be allowicated to advance hearing research and cochlear implant research which should include research into generating the hair cells in the cochlea thereby restoring natural hearing.
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Study recently has shown that healthcare improves for people that can hear and communicate better.
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