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Thanks to Bob for sending me this link. Here's the actual agreement including who gets how much of the money for the 'new' AARP agreement with HearsUSA for Hearing aids. Needless to say, I really have a problem with a non-profit making monetary...
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Also includes the latest info. on the H1N1 flu virus for those of you in Illinois. http://www.idhhc.state.il.us/familyInfo/index.htm Have a great week!
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If you don't know about the AARP and the millions of dollars that they get via their side company, AARP Financial, you would be wise to check it out before sending your money in for a membership. I received an email via HLAA's National office...
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This is another 'blog' for those of you interested in learning more about the movement to get Insurance Companies to cover the cost of hearing aides. Most insurance companies will pay the cost of getting a Cochlear Implant (cost is thousands of...
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by Janet Kidd Stewart The journey via Chicago Tribune November 1, 2009 Q : If you are on Social Security disability, can you get any kind of health insurance discount? I'm 56, have had Parkinson's disease for 10 years and have worked full time...
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Margaret is 94 years old and a member of our Hearing Loss group out here in Wales. In a lot of ways, she is younger at heart than the rest of us are. Our group ranges in age from 29 to 94. We recently learned that Margaret has Ovarian Cancer. She is in...
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I was talking with someone with hearing loss a few weeks ago and she said something that caught my attention. She stated that over the past 5 years since she finally realized she was living with hearing loss, she decided to tackle this head on. In the...
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For all of you that are int he midst of college tuition years, there's a new education tax credit for 2009/2010. The link is below. http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=205674,00.html I know that we used the Hope and Lifetime Learning Tax credit...
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Well, at least there's someone in Washington that has thought about this. http://brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press_releases/release/?id=A4DD257A-09F1-4D99-829A-86B2485FFDEC If you are for this, please take the time to contact your representative/congressperson...
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Found this rather interesting. Did you know that there was a National Emergency similiar to the one put into place this weekend by the President earlier this year? Do you know what it was for? For the first time ever, one was declared for the 2009 Presidential...
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By Michelle Diament October 23, 2009 The Senate approved legislation Thursday to make crimes committed against a person based on their disability a federal offense. The hate crimes legislation, which passed the House of Representatives earlier this month...
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For those of you that don't 'believe' in this kind of stuff, feel free to stop reading now. I wouldn't want to offend anyone or subject you to a bad start to your day.... My family does not go to a particular church every Sunday. We used...
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The message showed up in my e-mail in box seven times within the space of an hour and a half. Now, it's true that I am a member of lots of e-mail list-servs or "message boards," as some call them, but even for me, to receive the same message...
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Finally! The Food and Drug Administration has a new hearing aid website. Thanks to Caroline Ludka from the Milwaukee/Racine HLAA Chapter for sending it my way! Here's the link: http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm185723.htm Isn't...
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Just received another email from a lady that got scammed into buying a Personal Sound Amplifier instead of a hearing aid. We've all seen the commercials on TV. There are a variety of these out there. What consumers do not realize is that this is NOT...
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