WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) reintroduced the Dental and Optometric Care (DOC) Access Act, a bipartisan bill to give patients and doctors more control of their health care decisions and increase access to dental and vision care.
“It is past time we balance the scales and give doctors more choice in deciding the direction of care by allowing them to choose their own materials and lab services, and by increasing fairness in doctor-insurer agreements,” said Senator Cramer. “Our bipartisan legislation would put decision-making power back into the hands of doctors without raising the costs on consumers.”
The DOC Access Act would allow dentists, optometrists, and ophthalmologists to use the medical labs of their choice and prohibit plans from setting prices for those services which they do not cover.
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