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wishstar

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2. My experience with Eargo is very positive as they made it easier to get hearing aids

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun May 8, 2022, 04:53 PM

May 2022

My elderly husband who has hearing loss was able to get great set of Eargo hearing aids paid by our Blue Cross FHBP last year just by answering questions over phone describing his hearing problems rather than submitting to a formal test procedure.

This was great in light of Covid where he didn't want to go in person for an exam and he can be cantakerous and impatient. Eargo provided a great service to us.

Our Blue Cross program for retired Feds pays for only one free set of hearing aids every 5 years so it's not like Eargo was ripping off the insurance company by getting money without providing any benefit to customers, but more like a technicality in how they determine medical need for the devices.

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