Medical Express reports research finding that vision problems among older Americans have become significantly less common during the past 12-13 years. The authors profess to be puzzled by this finding.
I’d like to propose an answer to the “why” question. Coverage of eye care by Medicare and the consequent routinization of cataract surgery probably explains most of the improvement.
Essentially everyone in my age cohort has had their lenses surgically replaced. I don’t believe this was true 20 years ago. Hat tip to Instapundit for the link.
