{"id":10418,"date":"2018-05-15T08:24:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T12:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10418"},"modified":"2018-05-15T08:24:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T12:24:08","slug":"lack-of-insurance-exposes-blind-spots-in-vision-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10418","title":{"rendered":"Lack Of Insurance Exposes Blind Spots In Vision Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'PT Serif', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Every day, a school bus drops off as many as 45 children at a community eye clinic on Chicago\u2019s South Side. 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