Make America Cataract Free
Cataract Free America® helps American seniors be free of vision limitations caused by cataracts,
including those seniors who have delayed care due to
restrictive $3,000 to $600 out-of-pocket expense of required care, by
facilitating referral to healthcare professionals who will
provide cataract surgery for free or with no expense to the
senior.
Public Served
American seniors who have delayed needed cataract care due to
restrictive $3,000 to $600 out-of-pocket expense of required care.
Educate the Public About Cataracts
Inform
the public about cataract related issues through its informative
website and provide researched answers to seniors' questions.
Facilitate No Out-of-Pocket Expense
and
Free Cataract
Surgery With Medicare Providers
Arrange a commitment of select Medicare approved doctors,
surgeons, surgery centers, and hospitals, to agree to
accept what Medicare pays as payment in full for cataract
surgery (within Medicare restrictions), or provide free
cataract surgery if the patient is uninsured, for patients
referred through Cataract Free America®.
Inform the Public About Availability of No Out-of-Pocket Expense
and
Free Cataract
Surgery
Through public relations, advertising,
and the Internet, notify seniors who have delayed needed
surgery that select healthcare professionals are willing to
provide required cataract care with no out-of-pocket expense
by waiving Medicare's co-payment (within
Medicare restrictions), or provide free cataract surgery if
the patient is uninsured, for patients referred through
Cataract Free America®.
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