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U.S. Senate Approves AOA-backed Medicare Fee Fix, DMEPOS Accreditation Delay
Optometry Wins Key Health Plan Battle in Washington
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Children’s Vision
Stop the 10% Cut in Medicare Reimbursement to Optometrists Due to Take Effect on January 1, 2008
AOA Supports HR 1884 to End Exclusion of ODs in NHSC and Expand Access to Eye Care in Underserved Communities
AOA Supports HR 1983, the Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act
Vision Care for Kids Act: AOA Supports H.R. 507/S. 1117 Co-sponsors Needed!
AOA Opposes HR 2260, the "Sullivan Bill"
Protecting Contact Lens Patients from Abuses by Unscrupulous Internet Sellers
Health Care Reform: Expand Access to Essential Optometric Care
Support Schakowsky - Hall Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act (HR 2697) to Safeguard Access to Care in Underserved Communities
Make Preventative Vision Care For Children a Top Health Care Priority (S 259/HR 577)
Make Healthy Vision a Top Health Care Priority: Co-Sponsor HR 1884 to Expand Access to Eye and Vision Care
InfantSEE®: Establishing a Lifetime of Healthy Vision for Infants
Protecting Contact Lens Patients From Abuses by Unscrupulous Internet Sellers
Support Optometric Education
Optometrists Offer No-Cost Eye Assessments through InfantSEE® Initiative
Vision Care for Kids Act: AOA Supports H.R. 507/S. 1117 Co-sponsors Needed!
AOA Supports HR 1983, the Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act
AOA Supports HR 1884 to End Exclusion of ODs in NHSC and Expand Access to Eye Care in Underserved Communities
AOA Supports HR 979, Patients Bill of Rights, to Ensure Access to Care
Stop the 10% Cut in Medicare Reimbursement to Optometrists Due to Take Effect on July 1, 2008
Strengthen Optometric Education and Ease Financial Aid Debt Burden on Optometry Students
AOA Backs Historic Expansion of Low Vision Services for America’s Veterans
Children's Eye Exams: AOA Supports H.R. 2238
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Low Vision Program
H.R. 5688, "Health Care Truth and Transparency Act of 2006"
Prevent Medicare Payment Cuts in 2007 and Beyond
Optometry and the National Health Service Corps
Support Optometric Education and Optometry Students
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