Eye Care in Ontario has reached a breaking point.

I Just saw on my optometrist website that OHIP funded eye care will end on September 1st. I know this was posted a year ago but it’s worth bringing up again. All services for those 19 and under, 65 and older and those with eye diseases and diabetes will no longer be paid for by the province.With a significant majority of optometry patients being OHIP patients, and the government covering only $47 of the exam they are losing significant money. This means that they are not able to keep their equipment up to date and their staff with the best training. This impacts the level of care we all receive and many will just not be able to receive care at all.Not everybody has access to vision insurance to cover these expenses. And people will choose to just go without to great detriment. People will miss their preventative care and eventually a disease will worsen enough to end up in our emergency rooms. At a time when that is the last thing we need. Take a look at dental care, the end result is the same, people will skip their care, end up in the emergency room and eventually unable to work due to disabilities.The cost to the tax payers is going to be more than the savings we would have had if we just funded care at cost.Vision care is not in isolation from are other health issues.It’s not to late to tell the province that this is an issue we care about. This cannot be ignored.Link to save eye care: https://ift.tt/3ups1Dy to the post from last year: https://ift.tt/3uk1bwc everyone for your time! via /r/ontario https://ift.tt/3ffMhTE