{"id":4001,"date":"2016-08-19T08:56:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T12:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4001"},"modified":"2016-08-19T08:56:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T12:56:27","slug":"insurance-doesnt-ensure-children-get-needed-visual-exams-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4001","title":{"rendered":"Insurance Doesn\u2019t Ensure Children Get Needed Visual Exams: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Kids from less affluent homes, even when\u00a0they have health insurance, are not as likely as others to get vision screenings that can identify conditions like lazy eye before the damage becomes irreversible, a new study found. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/insurance-doesnt-ensure-children-get-needed-visual-exams-study\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=33153352&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--fBcVKiXqWIyJRATcxCyPoXu1BA9-vl5k0-W2msRwpYVd-9zu6ebhrzUIdzmD4wQXkmrxitxkHs5blq3ZMHIEnmy-8eA&amp;_hsmi=33153352\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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