Is There a Hearing Aid Price Bubble? 698
An anonymous reader writes "The price of a pair of hearing aids in the U.S. ranges from $3,000 to $8,000. To the average American household, this is equivalent to 2-3 months of income! While the price itself seems exorbitant, what is even more grotesque is its continuous pace of growth: in the last decade the price of an average Behind the Ear hearing aid has more than doubled. To the present day, price points are not receding — even though most of its digital components have become increasingly commoditized. Is this a hearing aid price bubble?"
Hmmm. (Score:5, Funny)
Oh No! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Of course they're overpriced. (Score:5, Funny)
They're robbing us all blind.
And, apparently, robbing some of us deaf.
Re:Hmmm. (Score:2, Funny)
Disco destroyed my sinuses
Cue the free market parrot! (Score:1, Funny)
blah blah blah free markets blah blah Milton Freidman! Ayn Rand!! Freedom!
Re:Hmmm. (Score:5, Funny)
I'm only deficient in hearing in a certain small range but it makes talking to certain people (usually women and kids) a chore.
Don't worry, the older you get the more you'll think that's actually a benefit.
Re:Hmmm. (Score:4, Funny)
But:
1) The cars will be gas hogs.
2) The houses will have all of the copper ripped out.
3) The diapers will be shipped in from China.
4) The shipping companies will be owned by a Chinese company.
5) The drug companies will have purchased enough votes to receive long term restrictions from generic drug makers to make "age related health improvement drugs".
6) The Teabagger Party will have repealed all of the benefits to people making less than $250,000/y from the health care law and exempt those above from having to pay health insurance.
UK and AU pointless posts. (Score:4, Funny)
All of these posts about how your countries give hearing aids to elderly and poor is just rude. If the U.S. was a AAA country we would do it too. Showing off your wealth is lame.