Re "Vision plans should be included in proposed health care exchanges" (Viewpoints, Feb. 10): The California Optometric Association supports stand-alone vision plans having the ability to participate in California's health benefit exchange when it becomes operational in 2014. Stand-alone vision plans provide access for patients to continue seeing their optometrist for eyecare, and can be a valuable channel to make sure optometrists are fully integrated as the primary providers for patients' vision and medical eye care.
California lawmakers will be finalizing key elements of the state's insurance exchange in the coming months and both the California Optometric Association and VSP Vision Care will together ensure optometry is well represented in this newly emerging system so that millions of Californians are able to keep their eye doctor.
-- Movses D'Janbatian, Sacramento
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