Senate Votes to Open Debate on ACA Repeal

2025

Prevent Blindness Analysis of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R.1, or OBBBA) and its Impact on Eye Health
Prevent Blindness Kicks Off Annual World Sight Day Activities
House FY 2026 Legislation Cuts Vision and Eye Health by $2 million
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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Senate Votes to Open Debate on ACA Repeal

Prevent Blindness advocates for essential health benefits that include children’s vision benefits. On July 25, the United States Senate voted 51-50, with the tie-breaking vote...

Jul

Detecting and Treating Eye Problems Early Can Help Kids in the Classroom

Prevent Blindness Educate Public on the Importance of Healthy Vision for Kids As children in most parts of the country head back to school, Prevent...

Jun

Dry Eye Awareness Month Congressional Briefing

Congressional Briefing/Screening/Research Poster Session held during Dry Eye Awareness Month—July 2017 ALLIANCE FOR EYE AND VISION RESEARCH (AEVR) In conjunction with TEAR FILM & OCULAR...

Jun

2017 Eyes on Capitol Hill

Volunteer Delegates Gather to Meet with Government Representatives, Advocate on Vision and Eye Health Issues Prevent Blindness will be holding its twelfth annual “Eyes on Capitol...

Jun

Prevent Blindness Works to Educate the Public on Dangers of Consumer Fireworks

Injuries from fireworks sent 8,000 Americans to the emergency room over the Fourth of July holiday. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), estimated that...

Jun

Coalition Letter to the U.S. Senate Supports Children’s Vision

101 Vision and Eye Health Organizations Sign Letter in Support of Children’s Eye Examinations and Vision Screenings This week, Prevent Blindness sent a letter signed by...

Jun

Fourteenth Annual Joanne Angle Investigator Award

Research Grant Awarded to Dr. Brian J. Song Massachusetts Eye and Ear, and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School Prevent Blindness announced today the...

May

Prevent Blindness Makes Recommendations for Health Care Bill

Prevent Blindness Letter to Senate Finance Committee Provides Strong Recommendations on the New American Health Care Act Prevent Blindness issued comments in response to a Request...

May

Cataract Remains Leading Global Cause of Blindness

Prevent Blindness Declares June as Cataract Awareness Month to Educate Public on Most Common Eye Disease Cataract is responsible for 51 percent of world blindness,...

May

Congressional Vision Caucus Co-Founder Announces Retirement from Congress

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been a tireless champion for eye health as one of the founding co-chairs of the Congressional Vision Caucus, established in 2003 as...

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