Prevent Blindness Responds to Proposed Cuts to Vision and Eye Health Surveillance and Programming at the CDC

2025

Prevent Blindness Responds to Proposed Cuts to Vision and Eye Health Surveillance and Programming at the CDC
Prevent Blindness Statement on House-Passed Legislation to Cut Medicaid Program
Prevent Blindness Applauds Reintroduction of Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act
Prevent Blindness and International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness Urge Continued Funding for Global Eye Health Programs
Prevent Blindness Urges West Virginia State House to Reject Bill That Would Imperil Children’s Vision

2024

Proposed Bipartisan Legislation Would Create First Federally Funded Program to Address Children’s Vision and Eye Health

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FY 2023 funding includes $6.5M for CDC’s Vision & Eye Health Programs

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Aug

Prevent Blindness Responds to Proposed Cuts to Vision and Eye Health Surveillance and Programming at the CDC

Yesterday (07/31/25), the Senate Appropriations Committee voted 26-3 to advance legislation that includes a cut to vision and eye health programs for Fiscal Year 2026....

Jun

Prevent Blindness Statement on House-Passed Legislation to Cut Medicaid Program

Prevent Blindness expresses our deep concern and disappointment with the passage of legislation to cut spending from the Medicaid program and eliminate access to health...

May

Prevent Blindness Applauds Reintroduction of Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act

Prevent Blindness urges Congress to pass bipartisan legislation, the “Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act,” designed to improve eye care access and health...

Apr

Prevent Blindness and International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness Urge Continued Funding for Global Eye Health Programs

Through letters recently submitted to Congressional leadership in both the House and the Senate, and copied to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Dorothy Camille...

Apr

Prevent Blindness Urges West Virginia State House to Reject Bill That Would Imperil Children’s Vision

Prevent Blindness strongly calls on the West Virginia State House to reject HB 3444. If enacted, this legislation would remove the mandate that all newborns...

May

Proposed Bipartisan Legislation Would Create First Federally Funded Program to Address Children’s Vision and Eye Health

Prevent Blindness urges House and Senate to quickly pass “Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act” to improve access, diagnosis, and treatment for kids...

Dec

Advocacy Action Alert: Protect Access to Sight-Saving Glaucoma Care!

Act today to help protect access to sight-saving glaucoma care for Medicare beneficiaries! Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) allowed a decision...

Oct

Prevent Blindness and Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, DC to Host World Sight Day Congressional Briefing and Vision Screening Event

In recognition of World Sight Day, this year on Thursday, October 12, Prevent Blindness and the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, DC are...

Sep

Prevent Blindness Encourages Advocates to “Love Your Eyes at Work” this World Sight Day 2023

To kick off recognition of World Sight Day 2023, Prevent Blindness hosted a reception in Washington, DC on Thursday, September 21 with stakeholders and partners...

Aug

Prevent Blindness urges enhanced role for vision and eye health in first major opportunity to change Older Americans Act program regulations since 1988

The Administration for Community Living, which administers programs under the Older Americans Act (OAA) recently issued a proposed rule to update several aspects of the OAA. This...

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