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No, Canadian here, which explains most of the price difference as well. CAD is weak at the moment. There's a waterproof sleeve thing that you can use for swimmi
by Kluny 9y ago
No, Canadian here, which explains most of the price difference as well. CAD is weak at the moment. There's a waterproof sleeve thing that you can use for swimming - I believe that was $700. There's a bluetooth dongle that works with my iphone, but it's incredibly frustrating to use, so I mostly don't. That was $350 if I recall. All these things are tax write-offs for me, which is helpful, but I still have to pay out of pocket. It doesn't help much in low-income years, either.
BC Medical tends to get a pile of funding every couple years for CI patients, like 10 million or whatever, and out of that pile they prioritize younger adults who need at least one CI to be able to hold down a job, people whose equipment is starting to fail, etc. If there's any left after everyone who needs one CI or replacement equipment has got what they need, they can offer second implants. They've never gotten that far down the list though.
- sdrothrock 9y ago> BC Medical tends to get a pile of funding every couple years for CI patients, like 10 million or whatever, and out of that pile they prioritize younger adults who need at least one CI to be able to hold down a job, people whose equipment is starting to fail, etc. If there's any left after everyone who needs one CI or replacement equipment has got what they need, they can offer second implants. They've never gotten that far down the list though. That sounds like a relatively reasonable methodology... I would really like to see the balance sheets of these companies to see how much they're gouging us -- I refuse to believe that what's essentially a condom and plastic tweezers really costs $700.
- smeyer 9y ago>I would really like to see the balance sheets of these companies to see how much they're gouging us Not broken down to each accessory or anything, but you can see overall profit margins and such. https://www.sonova.com/en/first-half-results-201617-sonova-strong-foundation-further-growth https://www.sonova.com/en/first-half-results-201617-sonova-s... http://www.cochlear.com/wps/wcm/connect/b0dffcb0-9826-4c99-9d58-ad7a760bddac/en_corporate_cochlear_annualreport2017_1.78mb.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CONVERT_TO=url&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-b0dffcb0-9826-4c99-9d58-ad7a760bddac-lTJByF- http://www.cochlear.com/wps/wcm/connect/b0dffcb0-9826-4c99-9...