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Medicare

A federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant).

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

The federal agency that administers the Medicare, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance marketplace programs.

Implanted active middle ear hearing devices

A specific type of medical device that is surgically placed into the middle ear to help improve hearing by directly stimulating the tiny bones or fluid in the ear, unlike traditional hearing aids which are worn externally.

Prosthetics

Artificial parts, such as an artificial limb, tooth, or eye, that replace a missing or damaged part of the body and restore some of its function.

Hearing aid coverage exclusion

A rule within the Medicare program that generally prevents coverage for hearing aids and examinations for the purpose of prescribing, fitting, or changing hearing aids.

Social Security Act

A landmark act of Congress that created several social welfare programs, including Social Security (retirement, disability, and survivor benefits) and, later, Medicare and Medicaid.