Untreated Hearing Loss and Dementia: What Families Need to Know Before It’s Too Late

Yeah.

Oh, that does not surprise me.

It doesn't.

It's all about the money.

And I've dealt with that, too, for decades, where it's all about the money.

And unfortunately, Medicare does not pay for hearing.

They don't pay for dental.

And those are two really big issues that impact our the quality of life as we age.

And I know you're going to be working to change the Medicare policy, but right now, Dr.

Bob, I have no faith in anything with the Medicare system because they have moved to a cost-sharing plan.

And that means that you are going to be more personally responsible for paying the recommended treatments, services, medications, or whatever.

If you want them, you're going to have to pay out of pocket for them because Medicare will either delay or deny payments.

payment for those things.

And we're seeing right now in the industry, we're seeing more denials of Medicare claims than ever before.

So they're tightening the budget while they want to provide free care for everybody, but we've paid into the system.

We deserve to have the best quality care that's available to us.

but it's not happening anymore.

In fact, that's why I wish you luck, but I have no hope that Medicare will ever pay for things like hearing hearing tests or hearing aids.

I just don't have any confidence in it anymore.

I'm just seeing too many things, important treatments being denied.

We now live in the system of the military medical delivery system where it's delay, deny, and wait to die.

And that's

our

present system, our medical, Medicare system.

It now mirrors the military system.

Yeah.

Oh, that does not surprise me.

It doesn't.

It's all about the money.

And I've dealt with that, too, for decades, where it's all about the money.

And unfortunately, Medicare does not pay for hearing.

They don't pay for dental.

And those are two really big issues that impact our the quality of life as we age.

And I know you're going to be working to change the Medicare policy, but right now, Dr.

Bob, I have no faith in anything with the Medicare system because they have moved to a cost-sharing plan.

And that means that you are going to be more personally responsible for paying the recommended treatments, services, medications, or whatever.

If you want them, you're going to have to pay out of pocket for them because Medicare will either delay or deny payments.

payment for those things.

And we're seeing right now in the industry, we're seeing more denials of Medicare claims than ever before.

So they're tightening the budget while they want to provide free care for everybody, but we've paid into the system.

We deserve to have the best quality care that's available to us.

but it's not happening anymore.

In fact, that's why I wish you luck, but I have no hope that Medicare will ever pay for things like hearing hearing tests or hearing aids.

I just don't have any confidence in it anymore.

I'm just seeing too many things, important treatments being denied.

We now live in the system of the military medical delivery system where it's delay, deny, and wait to die.

And that's

our

present system, our medical, Medicare system.

It now mirrors the military system.