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This is why gun groups are up in arms over a hearing aid bill

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses a progressive crowd during the 2017 Center for American Progress Ideas Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Melina Mara Washington Post

By The Boston Globe

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How does a hearing aid bill turn into a fight about gun rights?

By having Elizabeth Warren as a lead legislative author, apparently.

Warren has teamed up with several Republicans on legislation creating an over-the-counter category of hearing aids, which proponents believe would lower prices, spur innovation, and help millions of people with mild-to-moderate hearing loss obtain devices and improve their lives. As few as one in seven of the estimated 30 million Americans with hearing loss gets aids, experts say, and a big reason is their high cost.

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