It's my understanding that the Medgap plan F coverage varies from state to state. Mine doesn't cover hearing aids.Originally Posted by Bill George
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It's my understanding that the Medgap plan F coverage varies from state to state. Mine doesn't cover hearing aids.
Ken
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Wow. I thought Plan F covered darn near everything.
I'm on N and I know it doesn't cover Hearing Aids.
(Costco, here I come....when I need them.)
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Traditional Medicare and none of the supplemental plans provide hearing aid coverage.
Mike
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Though they've been treating me very well lately, about a decade ago the VA provided me hearing aids. When I told them they squealed and squawked, whistled and buzzed constantly, they told me to bring them back and they would give them to someone else.
"Anything seems possible when you don't know what you're doing."
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What did you finally do?
"What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.
It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
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I've done without all this time. And they're still jerking me around, making appointments months into the future for testing (I'm 80).
"Anything seems possible when you don't know what you're doing."
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Wow. If I didn't see that you are in CA I would have thought you were in Phoenix. :-p
I'm sorry your VA is so bad... not surprised, just sorry.
"What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.
It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
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Fortunately it is not the entire VA that's so bad. Just general management and certain groups that have no adequate oversight. Mostly the technical people are dedicated to a job they feel is important--helping vets. But there are extreme exceptions.
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That's true and while there have been efforts to try and change that, at the present time, only Advantage Plans (and not all of them) offer some level of hearing (and dental and vision) coverage.
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Another happy Costco hearing aid wearer
Ron
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I get my hearing aids through the Long Beach VA - same place as you would, I suppose - and they have been great to me. I actually receive the aids through their Santa Ana clinic because it's closer to me but I have gone to the big hospital in Long Beach occasionally.
I would encourage you to try again. The digital aids are quite good - but they're still hearing aids. None of my hearing aids that I got from them squealed, squawked, whistled or buzzed. If you can get along without hearing aids, it's easy to give up on them. People who really need them generally work with the audiologists until they work well.
The hearing aids I received were the "top of the line" aids that would cost you quite a bit if you got them somewhere else.
Mike
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Thanks Mike.
I am in Marina del Rey, so the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center is closest for me. They setup an appointment for me in about a month, so we'll see.
I was in the artillery in Vietnam--1/'67-2/'68--air-mobile 105 Howitzers. So there was never a question regarding my qualifying for hearing aids. I get along only by leaning in and very frequently asking people to repeat themselves.
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I understand. I ask my wife, "What did he say?"I'm pretty deaf. I'm about the same age as you.
Mike
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I'm a 30 yr vet. Never started out thinking I'd be one. Fortunately for most of my retired life I've lived near Bethesda, Naval Hospital,now called Walter Reed and get seen as a patient there. However, as congress marches on there is less money allocated to the hospital and the benefits I received there have eroded. Since I'm eligable for medicare, that's where I'm continually being sent to. My primary care person is still at Walter Reed. But that's about it. It used to be Veteran Hospitals were thought of as second class, both professional and assistant. After listening tothe a number of positive reports, maybe I ought to check in at the nearesr Verterans Hospital.
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