Correspondence from William D. Heath, M.D. to Congressman James R. Jones regarding HR 2342, 1985-06-07
Item — Box: CR 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_4_2_4_0002
Correspondence from William D. Heath, M.D. to Congressman James R. Jones regarding HR 2342, 1985-06-07
The document is a letter written by William D. Heath, a doctor specializing in diseases and surgery of the eye, to Representative James R. Jones regarding legislation introduced by Representative Barbara Mikulski to expand Medicare coverage for optometry services. Dr. Heath expresses opposition to the bill, stating that optometrists do not have the same level of training and expertise as ophthalmologists and therefore should not be given the same status in terms of billing and coverage. He requests that Representative Jones review information from the American Academy of Ophthalmology to clarify the inaccuracies in the bill.
Dates
- 1985-06-07
Language of Materials
English
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Extent
2 Pages
Overview
99th (1985-1987)
Repository Details
Part of the Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections Repository