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Province to stop paying for mid-year eye appointments for at-risk kids, seniors

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Alberta optometrists saw more than 1.1 million patients through Alberta Health Care in 2024 .

Among those hardest hit by the changes are patients with special needs, low-vision patients, those with chronic eye conditions including glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetes, retinal or neurological conditions.

Annual limits will be put on some services — retinal imaging and retinal photography cane be claimed up to twice per benefit year.

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