You are lucky indeed! 🙂 In the US, some health insurance plans *might* cover some of these things, but in my experience, most insurance plans do not. On Amazon, it looks like a pack of six P675 batteries cost about eight US dollars. From a local store, it may cost a little more due to markup. It might also be a little cheaper buying more batteries in bulk. Also an off-brand battery might be cheaper, but as I mentioned in the video, I can't be sure about the quality of those batteries, so I buy brand-name HA batteries only, if I have a choice.
How does the process work in your country (which country)? Do you pay at the audiologist office and the government reimburses you? Or does the audiologist bill the government directly?
I live in London. The UK has a national health system called NHS. It is funded by the tax. We don't pay anything in any service. Phonak, Oticon, Resound, and Siemens make specific models of hearing aids only for NHS. They are good but not as the ones they sell on their websites.
We are very lucky here. The appointments, the hearing aids, the batteries, and the replacement parts are free. How expensive are the batteries there?
You are lucky indeed! 🙂
In the US, some health insurance plans *might* cover some of these things, but in my experience, most insurance plans do not.
On Amazon, it looks like a pack of six P675 batteries cost about eight US dollars. From a local store, it may cost a little more due to markup. It might also be a little cheaper buying more batteries in bulk.
Also an off-brand battery might be cheaper, but as I mentioned in the video, I can't be sure about the quality of those batteries, so I buy brand-name HA batteries only, if I have a choice.
How does the process work in your country (which country)? Do you pay at the audiologist office and the government reimburses you? Or does the audiologist bill the government directly?
I live in London. The UK has a national health system called NHS. It is funded by the tax. We don't pay anything in any service. Phonak, Oticon, Resound, and Siemens make specific models of hearing aids only for NHS. They are good but not as the ones they sell on their websites.
We get the batteries free from the national health system.
I've heard of some countries providing that for free through their national health care system. The United States does not, afaik.