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Follow on Google News | Affordable Care Act: What Parents Should Know About The Pediatric Optometric Care BenefitBy: Nebraska Optometric Association Dr. Darren Wright, President, Nebraska Optometric Association, said the new requirement recognizes that regular comprehensive eye exams during childhood are critical to ensuring visual health and readiness for school. “Early and annual comprehensive eye examinations contribute to healthy development and a child’s success in school and later in life. For the first time, the federal government is recognizing eye health care from birth through age 18 as essential and is linking both medical eye care and vision care together under the same plan,” Wright said. Unlike limited stand-alone plans that can be offered as add-ons to coverage but are not required, the new pediatric eye care essential health benefit will be included as a core benefit and embedded within the overall health plan. “The limited screenings, which many children receive at school or pediatricians’ “Although it is important that children see the whiteboard, it is equally important that their eyes are healthy and that their vision is clear. And, maintaining focus and eye alignment is critical to reading comprehension. A comprehensive eye examination can help prevent school and social achievement problems by detecting near eye focusing and alignment difficulties, eye diseases, life-threatening conditions, and developmental delays with the highest level of accuracy.” Additional Resources To find a Doctor of Optometry in your area, please visit: www.BetterEyeCareNebraska.com. For more information about this topic: http://www.aoa.org/ Fact sheet: http://www.visionandhealth.org/ To learn more about children’s vision:www.nechildrensvision.org, End
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