States Limit Medicaid Vision Benefits

"The new federal health law requires states to maintain Medicaid eligibility and enrollment standards until 2014, when the expansion begins to add 16 million Americans to the program. States are still free, however, to cut optional benefits, which include drugs, vision care and visits to certain providers such as chiropractors and podiatrists," reports USAToday. For example, "North Carolina this month stopped covering regular eye examinations and eye glasses for adults in Medicaid, and Connecticut in July cut the number of dental [and vision] exams covered for adults in Medicaid from twice a year to once a year." Read more.