June 2010—New Hampshire enacted hearing aid insurance coverage mandates in June.
In New Hampshire, NH HB561 now requires insurers “to cover the cost of a hearing aid for each ear, as needed, as well as related services necessary to assess, select, and fit the hearing aid with a maximum for the hearing aid and related services of no less than $1,500 per hearing aid every 60 months.”
These new laws, which go into effect January 1, 2011, bring the total of states with hearing aid coverage mandates to 18.