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Opinion: Funding cuts for optometry coverage blindside Albertans

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Dr. Sophia Leung is the president of the Alberta Association of Optometrists .

She was shocked by the funding cuts to optometry coverage that Alberta Health rolled out on Feb. 1 .

Patients with special needs, low-vision patients, patients with chronic eye conditions and those in rural Alberta will be the most heavily impacted.

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74

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73

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48

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informal

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English

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61

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medium-lived

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