May 5, 2025 | News
As published here: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/05/05/california-applies-to-expand-essential-health-benefits-to-include-ivf-hearing-exams/ Sacramento, California – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom, through the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), submitted an...
Jun 2, 2024 | News
As published here: https://www.childrennow.org/blog/kids-cant-wait-policymakers-take-action-to-include-hearing-aids-in-californias-new-health-insurance-benchmark/ For decades California’s kids have been experiencing a developmental emergency. More than 20,000...
Oct 13, 2023 | News
As published here: https://calmatters.org/health/2023/10/newsom-vetoes-childrens-hearing-aids-bill/ Two of Johanna Wonderly’s four children depend on hearing aids, and the other two will probably need them in the future. At roughly $6,000 per child, the cost adds up...
Oct 5, 2023 | News
Sep 29, 2023 | News
As aired on CBS Bay Area on September 28, 2023.
Sep 27, 2023 | News
As published on CNN.com by Sam Sider on September 27, 2023. When Michelle Marciniak’s daughter Marie was 4 years old, a preschool teacher noticed a change in her behavior. She was losing speech skills and crying during circle time with the group. Her parents found out...
Sep 21, 2023 | News
Selection of article published on September 20, 2023 in the Sacramento Bee: Gov. Gavin Newsom has before him about a thousand bills approved by the California Legislature that now await his fate but some are far more explosive and politically consequential than...
Sep 19, 2023 | News
As published September 19, 2023 by Nina Shapiro on Forbes.com: Child being fitted with hearing aid. (Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGES Hearing loss is one of the most common congenital variants seen in...
Sep 14, 2023 | News
In a historic moment for California’s deaf and hard-of-hearing community, legislators unanimously passed the Let California Kids Hear Act. SB 635 (Menjivar – Portantino), which would mandate insurance coverage for children’s hearing aids, now heads to Governor...
Sep 12, 2023 | News
As published by ABC 10 NEWS San Diego on September 12, 2023. Six year-old Jake Janes has had hearing aids since he was 6 months old. His mom Christina says insurance doesn’t cover them. “When we have been denied coverage, they will say it is either elective or...
