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The New Mexico law:
- Increases Medicaid reimbursement for hearing aids for all recipients at a rate adequate for fitting digital hearing aids, if appropriate.
- Mandates insurance coverage for hearing aids at a maximum of$2,200 per aid every three years up to age 18 and 21 for those still in highschool
- Eliminates state sales tax and gross receipts tax for hearingaids (or visual aids for the blind)
- Increasesdispensing fee reimbursement to $300 from $240
- Those interested in pursuing similar efforts can contactSheree Hall, lead audiologist with NMSD, at sheree.hall@nmsd.k12.nm.us.
To find out more about how to advocate, see article on page 37.
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