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		grzm on Oct 24, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Are Hearing Aids So Expensive? An alternative phrasing could be: > In Scandinavia, hearing aids (with a lifetime supply batteries) are supplied without additional cost as part of the national health care program.

arghwhat on Oct 24, 2017 [–]

Ah, thank you! That phrasing is much better, and saves the footnote, without which someone would surely respond about how it "clearly isn't free"...

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