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  • News and views on the regulatory, legislative and political issues impacting ophthalmology in Washington, D.C., and around the United States. Articles featured in the Academy's weekly Washington Report Express email newsletter.

  • Advocacy Works: Protecting Florida Patients
    in Advocacy Works
    The Surgical Scope Fund delivers resources and lobbying strength to implement winning strategies that state ophthalmological societies need to protect patient safety against a highly organized and vastly funded national initiative by optometry to gain surgical privileges.
    Advocacy Works: Access to Eylea
    in Advocacy Works
    The Academy advocates each day to ensure patients have access to medically necessary, sight-saving treatments.
    Advocacy Works: Medicare Reimbursement
    in Advocacy Works
    Advocacy Works: Lawmakers listened to Academy concerns about Medicare reimbursement cuts.