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As published on July 11, 2023 A new California Senate bill would require health plans to cover hearing aids for children up to age 21. Advocates say 1 in 10 children with commercial health insurance in the state have coverage for hearing aids. Watch more below: Our...

As broadcast on CBS News Sacramento 13 on July 11, 2023 Families rallying at the Assembly Health Committee in support of #SB635 Aka #LetCAKidsHear Act were featured on @CBSSacramento #prokidca pic.twitter.com/nE5CjtnVB5 — LetCAKidsHear (@letcakidshear) July 13,...

As seen on Scripps News June 5, 2023 By Lindsey Theis Vivienne Ober is a spunky 9-year-old. She loves the color purple and playing with her kid sister. But Vivienne is among the roughly 3 in every 1,000 children the National Institutes of Health says are born with...

As featured in Public News Service by Susan Potter. Listen to the audio interview here.  Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Groups fighting for children's health are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers to require insurance companies to cover hearing aids and related services...

A letter from nearly 200 pediatricians, audiologists, educators, advocates, and parents of deaf and hard of hearing children urging support of the Let California Kids Hear Act was sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators. The Act would expand access to...

Michelle Marciniak, Co-Chair, Let California Kids Hear
Testimony in in Senate Budget Health Committee on Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program (HACCP) Implementation Issues AND revisiting a solution

As featured in CalMatters on September 6, 2022 by Elizabeth Aguilera. A proposal to expand a year-old California program that provides hearing aids to children was approved by the state Legislature in the final days of the session that ended Wednesday. If Gov. Gavin...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 1, 2022 Contact: Carter Ashforth, (510) 763-2444 x 108, cashforth@childrennow.org Advocates Commend Expansion of Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program Oakland, CA — Parent and children’s health advocates are commending an agreement...

By Matt Fleming FILE – In this Jan. 6, 2015, file photo, dignitaries and VIP’s line up to sign a portion of the rail at the California High Speed Rail Authority ground breaking event in Fresno, Calif. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian, File) “Are California programs having...