AOA Leaders on Capitol Hill Press for Optometry’s Priorities

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In spite of the government shutdown, the board of trustees of the American Optometric Association (AOA) was on Capitol Hill for a series of private meetings with pro-optometry leaders in Congress on Oct. 10.   AOA president Mitchell T. Munson, O.D., led the sessions, which aimed at building new support for AOA-backed bills before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to expand patient access to essential eye health care services, and providing optometry's perspective on Congress's health care policy priorities, including the need to fix the Medicare physician payment system, a statement from AOA said.   See more