I am making that assumption after talking with a gentleman who works at their Washington DC headquarters who told me they have 15 people working out of that office with maybe five lobbyists.
There are millions of AARP members across the country and yet every time I get their bulletin or magazine I never see anything regarding hearing loss.
As I said I will go to HLAA local chapter this month and sign up. That being said the gentleman in DC said it is more important to write to my Congressional representatives.
Where does AARP stand on this issue? Why aren’t they fighting for all of us suffering from a disabling disability every day.
As I said technology is out there and yet we are paying for overpriced hearing aids. Something doesn’t seem right to me. Why doesn’t Medicare pay for hearing aids and negotiate directly with the major hearing aid manufacturers. I guess the hearing aid companies have very powerful lobbyists just like the pharmaceutical companies.
I would love to be proven wrong regarding AARP’s efforts on our behalf.