A proposal for the inclusion of optometric vision care in Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
The need to broaden the Medicare program to include the full scope of optometric vision care is discussed...particularly the need of the elderly for total vision care and how optometry helps to meet this need. This article is particularly timely inasmuch as the Congress is now considering AOA supported legislation (S.2020, H.R.2987, and many identical House bills) to accomplish this objective. Two dozen Senators and nearly 100 Representatives are currently cosponsoring these bills.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D006278:Medicare; D009907:Optometry; D014481:United States; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation