Gun Rights Group Having a Hissy-Fit that Sen. Warren is backing a Bill about OTC hearing aids.
"Gun Rights Group Takes a Shot at Elizabeth Warren — Over Effort to Make Hearing Aids Cheaper"
A bipartisan group in in the Senate introduced a bill in March to make hearing aids more affordable by allowing them to be sold-over-the counter. Only a handful of manufacturers make hearing aids, and most state laws restrict the selling of hearing aids to licensed audiologists, giving them an effective monopoly.
After a huge markup by the manufacturer, the audiologists add another premium, bundling the cost of the device with the cost of their services.
As a result, hearing aids are out of reach for more than 80 percent of people with hearing impairment.
The devices — they’re called personal sound amplification products (PSAPs) — can’t legally be advertised as treating hearing loss without FDA approval, but marketers of them push as close to the line as they can. They are popular with hunters, who use them to hear animals in the woods and also to compensate for rifle-related hearing loss.
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The Gun Rights Groups don't trust Sen. Warren being involved with this bi-partisan bill.
Go figure! They must all be fox so-called news consumers. You see, idiots, Sen. Warren cares about the rest of Americans that just want to be able to afford hearing devices!!!!
https://theintercept.com/2017/05/30/gun-rights-group-takes-a-shot-at-elizabeth-warren-over-effort-to-make-hearing-aids-cheaper/
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