{"id":11772,"date":"2024-01-17T14:48:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T22:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/?p=11772"},"modified":"2024-03-12T10:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T17:58:16","slug":"new-washington-state-hearing-aid-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/new-washington-state-hearing-aid-law\/","title":{"rendered":"New Washington State Hearing Aid Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019ve been concerned about paying for hearing aids, you can rest easy\u2014a new Washington state law will require insurance to provide up to $6,000 in coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Tina Orwall, (D) Des Moines, who sponsored the bill, credits 8-year-old Hugo Esterhay\u2019s testimony to the House of Representatives with making the law a reality<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the law, non-grandfathered large group health plans issued or reissued in 2024 must provide coverage for hearing instruments, including bone-conduction hearing devices. The law does not include over-the-counter hearing aids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coverage must include the hearing instrument, the initial assessment, fitting, adjustment, auditory training, and ear molds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact your insurance to learn more about this new coverage, and schedule an appointment with our team<\/a> for a hearing test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve been concerned about paying for hearing aids, you can rest easy\u2014a new Washington state law will require insurance to provide up to $6,000 in coverage. Rep. Tina Orwall, (D) Des Moines, who sponsored the bill, credits 8-year-old Hugo Esterhay\u2019s testimony to the House of Representatives with making the law a reality. Under the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hearing","category-hearing-aids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11772"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11855,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11772\/revisions\/11855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}