I have a hard time understanding why Medicare does not cover under the Part A & B and now the Part D certain diabetic supplies that are essential. I have to pay around $20 a box for the insulin syringes I need to inject my Novolog and Lantus. The alcohol prep pads are not covered either.

Along with the diabetic supplies that I need that are not covered, I have a problem with my hearing in both of my ears.

Medicare does not cover hearing aids and exams for the purpose of fitting a hearing aid. (Source: Medicare & You 2008 Handbook, Section 1, page 26)

My old hearing aids are 9 years old that I wear and use every day. I can tell my hearing is not at the level it should be to hear clearly after 9 years. The cost to get new hearing aids similar to the type I have now is around $2,500 per hearing aid. I don’t have $5000 to get new aids. My daughter tells me I talk too loud and the TV is too loud. Though I sit in my recliner right next to the TV, I am still experiencing more hearing loss. I love when no one is home and I can turn on the TV or radio to the level I can hear comfortably and no one complains at me.

If you have ever lived next door to some one who is hard of hearing or deaf, now you know the United States government will not help them to hear. I think that is a discrimination!