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Proposed Ohio legislation seeks to expand health insurance coverage for childrenâs hearing aids
Lucy May | WCPO
and last updated 2021-04-07 15:39:16-04
COLUMBUS, Ohio â Madeline Rohlin was diagnosed with hearing loss when she was 2. Her parents, both doctors, were astounded when they found out they had to pay $5,000 out of pocket for their daughter s hearing aids because they are considered cosmetic.
âI remember crying on the phone with the health insurance company as the agent explained hearing aids were considered cosmetic devices. And I remember asking âWhat 2-year-old would choose to wear hearing aids as a cosmetic device?â,â said Madeline s mother, Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley. âIt was shocking that something so developmentally necessary for a child to learn and communicate is treated the same as botox or plastic surgery.â
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Madeline’s Law would require Ohio insurance plans to cover children’s hearing aids
Updated Apr 07, 2021;
Posted Apr 07, 2021
Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley and Shawn Rohlin are Madeline s parents, who are fighting for a bill to pass the Ohio General Assembly that would require insurers to cover some of the cost of hearing aids. (Ohio Channel)
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A recently introduced bill in the Ohio House would require insurers to cover the cost of hearing aids up to $2,500 – $5,000 for both ears – every 48 months for children through age 21.
House Bill 198 is called Madeline’s Law, named after a Northeast Ohio girl whose parents brought the issue to the attention of state Rep. Casey Weinstein, a Hudson Democrat who sponsored a measure last year and is co-sponsoring the bill this year.