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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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

About one out of ten kids who have private insurance have hearing aids included in benefits. NBC’s 7’s Danny Freeman has more on a push to include child hearing aids in insurance coverage.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation to expand insurance coverage for children’s hearing aids passed unanimously out of the Assembly Health Committee on Tuesday evening. The measure, introduced by Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D – Santa Monica), would make California the 24th...

The Santa Monica Daily Press covered the initiative to expand hearing aid coverage to kids in California: The state assemblymember representing Santa Monica is introducing a bill to require California health insurers to cover hearing aids for children. Richard Bloom,...

From K-12 Daily:

New bipartisan legislation introduced Tuesday would require health insurance plans to cover hearing aids for children.

Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica and lead author of AB 598, said that thousands of families–including those with health insurance–must pay the full cost of hearing aids out-of-pocket, which on average range between $1,500 and $4,000 per ear, and must be replaced every three to five years.

Assemblymember Bloom & Advocates Announce Introduction of Hearing Aid Insurance Bill Measure Seeks to Ensure Health Insurance Coverage for Pediatric Hearing Aids SACRAMENTO – Today, Assemblymember Bloom (D – Santa Monica) announced the introduction of legislation...