A bill sponsored by South Carolina Sen. Greg Hembree to provide coverage for hearing aids and repairs, up to $2,500 every two years, is currently in the Senate’s banking and insurance committee, according to an article on the Count on 2 website.
Michelle Barden, who has sensorineural and conductive hearing loss, is working with the senator on the bill. Since moving to South Carolina, her hearing aids have been an out-of-pocket expense.
“If you think of a used car, that’s pretty much how much my hearing aids would cost,” Barden was quoted in the article as saying.
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Source: Count on 2
