OCLI Blog – Current Affairs

December 1, 2009
December 1, 2009

Vision Harvest 2009: Free Cataract Surgery Program Reveals a Health Care System in Crisis

As I stated in my previous blog post, November 25 was the inaugural Vision Harvest free cataract surgery day at River Drive Surgery Center.  Twenty patients without insurance, or the means to pay, were provided free cataract surgery.  I promised to post interviews of many of these patients the day after their surgery.  Well, here…

November 14, 2009
November 14, 2009

Avastin vs Lucentis: Genentech Co-Pay Card Program Not Nearly Enough!

I received an e-mail this week from Genentech BioOncology, introducing their new Co-Pay Card Program.  Genentech is the maker of the two drugs I have blogged about involved in the current macular degeneration treatment controversy, Lucentis and Acastin. According to the e-mail: “We are committed to ensuring that all eligible patients have access to the…

October 28, 2009
October 28, 2009

Medicare Appears to be Reversing Avastin Ruling

In my October 12 Blog post I wrote about Medicare’s foolish decision to reimburse retinal specialists less than their costs for treating macular degeneration with the much- less expensive drug, Avastin.  This decision would cost our government millions of dollars annually.  I questioned how this system could ever manage healthcare. I received an e-mail from…

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