Access to Qualified Care

Access to qualified care and vision insurance are vital to ensure eye health and safety. Preventive eye care should not be a separate insurance benefit, and should be made mandatory in all health plans.

A recent NIH study demonstrated that those with vision insurance were more likely to have had eye care visits than those without insurance. Infact, the the study found that: About 40% of both the study population and the subsample with glaucoma, ARMD, and/or cataract had no vision insurance. Learn more here