Sen. Warren Concocts Another Way to Make Life More Expensive

It sounds good — and that's the problem. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has proposed legislation that would make it perfectly legal to buy hearing aids over the counter. Great, right? The thing is it is already legal to buy them. Warren's dishonestly titled bill — the Over The Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 — would regulate them. Some clarification is necessary. Currently, it is legal to buy some hearing aids — more accurately known as personal sound amplification products, or PSAPs — without a prescription. Over the counter, online — however. For example, the speaker manufacturer, Bose, sells a