Many patients routinely skip medications, postpone needed surgeries or skip treatments altogether because, whether insured or not, they cannot afford health care treatment. No medical condition is immune to this situation, including eye disease and vision health. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) ran a Frontline episode called Sick Around America earlier this year highlighting individuals who were insured, under-insured and uninsured. One of the patients interviewed is forgoing cataract surgery because she cannot afford the surgery with her current insurance plan. To watch Sick Around America, go to:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundamerica/view/
Recently, a woman from North Carolina wrote in to CNN with her concerns about eye care under health care reform (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/17/cnn-truth-squad-no-eye-care-until-youre-blind-in-one-eye/#more-64934) as some health care reform rumors suggested that patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) would not have coverage for surgery until they were blind in one eye. This is false.
Prevent Blindness America is working hard to educate policymakers and the public about the importance of vision and eye health provisions under health care reform legislation. For more information about Prevent Blindness America and our advocacy positions, go to: http://www.preventblindness.net/site/PageServer?pagename=advocacy_home&AddInterest=1161.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Looking for a well thought-of optometrist like those in Arizona eye care are very easy to find. Nevertheless, there are few reasons why those people found it hard to had an appointment with them is that, they can't afford health care treatments. So most patients would have their operations postpone and suffer from the pain until the Government gives a health reforms.
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