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WASHINGTON — Nearly 500 optometrists and optometry students from around the country joined together on Capitol Hill on April 5 to voice their opinions on the ongoing debate over national health care reform, announced the American Optometric Association in a press release.

The group, representatives of the AOA, National Optometric Association, the American Optometric Student Association and the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry, as a conclusion to the AOA Congressional Advocacy Conference, endeavored to raise awareness of the profession and advance the AOA's pro-access and pro-patient agenda. The AOA urges Congress to protect and expand access to essential optometric eye and vision care for America's families, including veterans, working men and women, children and seniors, according to the release.

"It gives me great hope and high expectations for the future of our profession when I look back over the last few days and count the record number of optometry students here in attendance and the highest-ever direct involvement by leading members of Congress in this year's AOA Congressional Advocacy Conference," Dori Carlson, OD, AOA president-elect, said in the release.