I won’t argue with you. At the same time, even if we had “you need to pay some small co-payment to get hearing aids,” it would be better than the current situation of “you’d better have thousands of dollars that you’re willing to spend on these.”
I should also add that my last hearing aid (I went from 1 ear to 2) cost me $1,100 five years ago. These are expected to last 5 years and then I’ll likely need to get another set. So that’s $3,600 I need to spend every 5 years. It’s the cost of a decent cell phone every year just so I can hear and not be driven crazy by the ever present ringing of my tinnitus. That’s a lot of money that I need to spend just to function.
I won’t argue with you. At the same time, even if we had “you need to pay some small co-payment to get hearing aids,” it would be better than the current situation of “you’d better have thousands of dollars that you’re willing to spend on these.”
I should also add that my last hearing aid (I went from 1 ear to 2) cost me $1,100 five years ago. These are expected to last 5 years and then I’ll likely need to get another set. So that’s $3,600 I need to spend every 5 years. It’s the cost of a decent cell phone every year just so I can hear and not be driven crazy by the ever present ringing of my tinnitus. That’s a lot of money that I need to spend just to function.