Around 47,000 elderly people need an eye injection several times a year to restore their fine vision. “Only in this way can I drive the car myself,” Griet de Craen (78) testifies. Since Corona, the treatment was also able to with the ophthalmologist, but the RIZIV wants to restrain it – and the reimbursement – to only hospitals. Ophthalmologists react angry: “This way 4.5 million euros goes to the hospitals again, while the patient is forgotten.”
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Ophthalmologists draw alarm bell after RIZIV wants to limit eye injections for the elderly to hospitals: “This is a purely financial issue”
Bytaketonews
Apr 23, 2025