Optometrist's Rise Up Against Health Care Reform

Health Care Reform appears to have overlooked the optometrist that takes care of your eyes. The insurance exchanges, that are to be the health insurance hub of the post 2014 health care reform economy, have no provision to include information about vision insurance plans. This worries optometrists.

Vision plans are the norm in the employer benefits marketplace, and these plans enable employees to get eye care and vision correction through glasses and contacts. Optometrists worry that with no connection to the exchanges, their industry will be left on the sidelines, and their patients will suffer as a result.

I empathize with them, but I also know that standard health insurance plans allow patients to see an Ophthalmologist to have their eyes checked and get vision prescriptions. Seeing an Ophthalmologist typically costs more than seeing an Optometrist, so from a cost control standpoint it's not ideal.

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