V B.
I was required to use nations hearing…
I was required to use nations hearing for my hearing benefit with Aetna Medicare advantage. Nations hearing is a retail hearing aid seller, and although their staff is friendly and trained in house, they are not audiologists, and they do not have adequate skills to properly evaluate a persons otological needs. The hearing benefit offered through Aetna appears generous at first glance ($4k) but the actual value of the aids that are sold are on the low end and unless you want to pay an additional $2-$4k for an upgraded pair of aids, you will receive something pretty basic that would likely sell retail for a couple hundred dollars. The marketing agreement between Aetna and nations hearing is not beneficial to customers, and the price is so inflated that people think they are getting a high end set of hearing aids, which is completely false. Suffice it to say, you get what you pay for.