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The latest updates and important news regarding Let California Kids Hear and the California initiative for hearing aid coverage for children.
NBC’s Covers Story of Children’s Hearing Aid Bill In Governor Newsom’s Hands
NBC’s Steven Luke shares one family’s struggle when trying to pay for hearing aids and how a new bill could help. A nearly two-decade-long battle may soon be victorious as a monumental bill aimed at expanding insured hearing services for children in California has...
Senate Appropriations Committee Votes to Let California Kids Hear. One Step Closer!
Special thank you to Anthony Portantino and the entire Appropriations Committee. Your unanimous vote shows just how much you care about California’s children. Thank you thank you thank you! It’s not over yet, we still have a vote on the Senate Floor next week, then...
Let California Kids Hear on KTLA 5 News (Video)
Let California Kids Hear on KTLA 5 News. Special thanks to Jenn McGraw for doing the story, Sandy Alexander of the House Children’s Hearing Center of UCLA, and parents Sam Rockman and Michael Khachadooridan for sharing Julian’s story and shining a light with their...
ABC7’S Coverage of Idina Menzel Giving Impassioned Speech to Let California Kids Hear (Video)
Actress Singer and Broadway Star Idina Menzel gives impassioned and personal speech as she joins LA Business Leader Rick Caruso in support of the Let California Kids Hear campaign. Menzel discussed the importance of sound and voice and how it can unify all of us. View...
Let California Kids Hear Launches Brand New Statewide Campaign Effort with Stunning New Images
Let California Kids Hear! This is what we have been waiting to share with you! These beautiful images are from our brand new Let California Kids Hear Campaign. These are just some of the thousands of children who, along with their families, have struggled to get...
Developer, Broadway star discuss the importance of listening
For Rick Caruso, developer of The Grove, hearing loss hits close to home. His daughter, Gianna, was born with hearing loss, which was detected with a hearing test that was mandated by state law. Debbie Schrader, the educational specialist at the USC Keck School of...
Idina Menzel and Rick J. Caruso Join Statewide “Let California Kids Hear” Campaign
The Broadway Star and Los Angeles-based Business Leader Will Join Families To Announce Their Support For AB 598 During a Press Conference at The Grove Los Angeles, CA – Joining Let California Kids Hear and California families, award-winning actress and musician Idina...
CBS 13 in Sacramento Features the Fight for Pediatric Hearing Aid Insurance Coverage
"Hearing aids are not elective." Watch as families tell their moving stories about the cost of hearing aids. AB 598 authored by State Assembly Member Richard Bloom will require insurance companies to cover pediatric hearing aids. Please continue to support the...
CBS/KCAL9 Features AB 598
Meet Zoe and her mom, one of thousands of children and families affected by the lack of insurance coverage for pediatric hearing aids. Thanks to Assembly Member Richard Bloom and a coalition of parents and professionals, this bill has passed the Assembly and is now...
Good Morning America: How Parents are Fighting to Get insurance to Cover Hearing Aids (Video)
There's great momentum across our country to provide insurance coverage for hearing aids for minors. Good Morning America aired this piece about Ohio and spotlighted California on the map of other states with pending legislation. Contact your Senator: It's time to Let...
Press Releases
- Idina Menzel and Rick Caruso Join Statewide “Let California Kids Hear” campaign
Thursday, August 8, 2019 - Assemblymember Bloom Tells the California Legislature the Time is Now to Let Kids Hear
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - Legislation to Expand Insurance Coverage for Children’s Hearing Aids Advances
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - Assemblymember Bloom’s AB 1601 Passes out of Assembly Health Committee (2017)
- Legislation to Ensure Pediatric Hearing Aid Coverage Passes Key Policy Committee (2016)
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