The Macula Month edition of Macula Matters, MDFA’s newsletter for healthcare professionals.
Eye injections saved Uncle Gerald’s sight. Now both major parties’ have rejected a recommended rebate cut, an additional 47,000 older Australians will keep their vision too.
The Government and Opposition reject a cut to the Medicare rebate for sight-saving eye injections, which threatened to blind 47,000 Australians.
The rejection of the proposed Medicare rebate cut is good news, “especially for people on a pension”, says Joe from Queensland.
A win for the macular disease community as major political parties reject a Medicare rebate cut for sight-saving eye injections.
Mike says the rejection of a proposed cut in the Medicare rebate for eye injections means he can get on with life and not have to worry about the cost of maintaining his sight.
Specsavers and MDFA have announced a strategic scoping partnership with a vision to increase and enhance support for patients diagnosed with wet AMD.
Study reports impact of GA on independence and quality of life worse than expected
How MDFA is working with GPs, pharmacists and Aboriginal health workers