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Ita Buttrose Medicare Cut

May 5, 2021
Michelle Hauschild

An additional 47,000 Australians will experience severe vision loss or blindness if a proposed cut to the Medicare rebate for sight-saving eye injections is approved, warns MDFA Patron Ita Buttrose AC OBE.

May is Macula Month

April 26, 2021
Michelle Hauschild

Macula Month in May is our annual awareness campaign, to help Australians understand their risk of macular diseases and take early action to save their sight.

Vision Voice autumn 2021 out now

March 25, 2021
Michelle Hauschild

This newsletter leads with the Aged Care Royal Commission’s recommendation to make aids and equipment more accessible for older Australians – a major win for our community.

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Smoking and your risk

March 9, 2021
Michelle Hauschild

It’s been known for many years that smoking triples to quadruples your risk of getting age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

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MBS Ophthalmology Taskforce Review

March 7, 2021
Michelle Hauschild

A proposal to cut Medicare rebates for eye injections is the next big issue we’re tackling on behalf of our community.

MDFA backs Royal Commission on low vision aids

March 2, 2021
Michelle Hauschild

MDFA welcomes an Aged Care Royal Commission recommendation to make low vision aids and technologies more accessible.

Disability care reforms

March 2, 2021
Michelle Hauschild

MDFA has advocated for affordable access to low vision aids and technologies for over a decade.

Clinical audit educative tool

February 1, 2021
Michelle Hauschild

MaD-CCAT is a clinical audit tool for optometrists, funded by an MDFA Research Grant to Dr Laura Downie. Her research has now been published.

Exercises to stop you falling

January 7, 2021
Michelle Hauschild

People with low vision are more likely to suffer a fall. Falls prevention expert Trish Lynch shares her top tips to reduce your risk of falling.

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Ita Buttrose Medicare Cut

Vision Voice autumn 2021 out now

MBS Ophthalmology Taskforce Review

MDFA backs Royal Commission on low vision aids

Disability care reforms

Clinical audit educative tool

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