Important news for all those who need to buy prescription glasses or contact lenses.
In fact, on the night of Sunday 20 December 2020, during the examination of the 2021 Budget Bill, the Budget Commission approved the Vista Bonus.
and at various levels, according to data released by the Ministry of Health in 2019, they would concern 43 people out of 100. Of these, about 18% are under the age of 15 and 33.4% are over 65.
Furthermore, taking into account the entire population, 2% of Italians suffer from severe sight limitations. Among the over 65 the percentage rises to 5.4% and among the over 75 to 8.6%.
Despite this, most people don't have regular checkups and underestimate the problem.
The causes that can generate visual disturbances are different, but almost all studies agree that by 2025 the number of those suffering from this type of pathologies will increase.
The lengthening of life is one of the first triggers, but also the increasingly dilated time spent in front of the screens of smartphones, tablets and PCs weakens and not just the ocular functions.
The use of electronic devices has increased even more since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and, precisely for this reason, according to the Onlus Vista Defense Commission, it is important to enable citizens to further protect their eyesight.
If you wear contact lenses, that's why you should always remember to take them off in the evening.
The enthusiasm for achieving this goal, which took place in a dramatic moment of global health and economic emergency, is twofold because on the one hand it helps less well-off citizens, ensuring them access to a contribution for the purchase of corrective tools for the view and, on the other hand, also allows the optical centers of the territory, put to the test by the health emergency, a greater proximity to their consumers.
«Today is a very important day for CDV and for all citizens. I am very happy that the Budget Commission has accepted the spirit with which we have worked on this request and understood the goodness of the amendment by the Hon. Russo, whom I personally thank for the tenacity and determination with which he carried it forward. - states Vittorio Tabacchi, President of the Sight Defense Commission - This is an important step that recognizes the importance of visual well-being and the protection of good sight. , which in a difficult moment like this risks being neglected especially in the weaker sections of the population. In the same way, I thank the other parliamentarians (across the board of majority and opposition) who had accepted our request and presented similar amendments ».
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