5 Things That Are Utterly Ridiculous For Medicare Not To Cover

Medicare, the federal government’s program that provides health care to those 65 and older, while a confusing package of rules and regulations, is generally highly regarded by its users. That, of course, matters little to the ilk of Paul Ryan and PEOTUS Donald Trump who appear hell-bent on replacing it with a voucher program. It is the ultimate “if it ain’t broke, why fix it?” situation and already seniors are justifiably getting concerned. Frankly, if any changes are to be made to the program, we’d like to start with this short list of five things that traditional Medicare unbelievably does not cover. 1. Hearing aids and exams for fitting them.     Hearing loss is among the single most-isolating things that can happen to a person. And it is absolutely age-related. Nearly 25 percent of those aged 65 to 74 and 50 percent of those who are 75 and older have disabling hearing loss, reports the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. If you can’t hear conversations, you stop socializing. You stop enjoying dining out or going to movies. Ambient noise is the enemy and you just avoid those social situations where noise bounces off walls and renders you unable to distinguish words. That leads to loneliness, one of the big bugaboos for the elderly. Hearing loss pretty much goes hand-in-hand with aging. And yet Medicare doesn’t cover the simple fix: hearing aids. It needs to. 2. Dentures ...
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