👁️ Providing exceptional eye care services since 2002 ☎️ (905) 433-2015 👓 Comprehensive Eye Care, Low Vision, Dry Eye, Contact Lenses, Consultations
Oshawa, Ontario
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Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
January is #GlaucomaAwarenessMonth! More than 400,000 Canadians have glaucoma. It often develops painlessly and gradually without early warning signs. Early detection and treatment are crucial to control or prevent vision loss. #GetEyeWise
Glaucoma youtu.be/l5EHSF7u0iM
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
Ontario Optometrists honour young Canadian cancer warriors. As eye doctors, we are committed to screening for eye cancer and supporting patients through their treatment and recovery.
#ChildhoodCancer #eyecancer #GoldRibbon #CancerWarriors
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
Bring your child’s learning into focus. Book an optometrist appointment today. Find an Optometrist near you at: FindAnEyeDoctor.ca
#EyeExam
#LearningIntoFocus
#BackToSchool
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
Cataracts are the number one cause of preventable blindness worldwide. The below infographic highlights two of the most prevalent risk factors of age-related cataracts – smoking and diabetes. Keep yourself and your patients informed. #CataractAwarenessMonth
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
So the government now admits they don’t provide the dollars it costs us to provide an eye exam. So they need to stop bragging that they are the only province who funds eye exams, because they DON’T.
@jennkfrench
@Wayne_Gates
#saveeyecare #onpoli #Ontario #Toronto #Canada
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
Pls stand by what you said in QP on Oct 6th - that ODs should not have to subsidize government funded Eyecare. If you meant what you said, put it in writing and OHIP-funded eye exam will resume immediately - while we negotiate the details. Was it all talk? #saveeyecare #onpoli
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
Strictly speaking we have repeatedly asked for this option (balanced billing as you've proposed) which is illegal in this province. We've given the government multiple options outside of OHIP with no results. We're simply asking to make it legal for us to recover cost.
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
The @ONgov continues to refuse to commit to finding a long-term, sustainable solution that will ensure Ontario families have access to optometry services.
Compared to other provinces with publicly funded optometry services, Ontario is by far the lowest funded. #SaveEyeCare
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
@celliottability … I find it hard to believe that you wasted three pieces of paper, one envelope, 90 cents of postage (nearly 2700 times), and far too many staff hours in an attempt to divide the profession and circumvent the OAO … mission NOT accomplished: #saveeyecare
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
Thank you so much for taking the time to meet with OAO, @jennkfrench! Your support is very much appreciated! #SaveEyeCare
An important meeting w Ontario Optometrists whose patients need this Govt to open it eyes to the costs & needs involved in providing quality eye care. My office has been overwhelmed by the calls from community to #saveeyecare . Learn more: saveeyecare.ca @ONOptometrists
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
"This retroactive payment is like throwing a bottle of water on a house fire … it's not fixing the problem into the future."
Listen to OAO Past-President, Dr. Joshua Smith on @570NEWS 👇👇
570news.com/2021/08/18/wedne… #SaveEyeCare
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
"We remain sitting at the empty negotiating table, as we've done most times for the last 30 years."
Powerful interview today on @cbcradio from Dr. Joshua Smith, providing important context on the latest events in the #SaveEyeCare campaign.
Listen here: bit.ly/3814znf
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
Fighting the #myopia epidemic. Learn more about the recent UN resolution and read Dr. Scott Mundle's tips for getting started in myopia management. aop.org.uk/ot/professional-s…
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
What's as bad the US having a minimum wage of $7.25?
#OHIP @celliottability paying optometrists $39.15 for eye care in 1989 & today they pay $44.65. Optometrists are subsidizing the government for care that costs $150 to deliver. #Ontario sign to support
saveeyecare.ca/
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
We need @ONgov to commit to a binding, formal negotiation process—the same way they do with other health care sectors—to ensure quality eye care for everyone in Ontario, today and in the future.
Please help us call on the government to #SaveEyeCare 👉saveeyecare.ca
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
"Routine preventative eye care, especially for the most vulnerable populations, is so important, and yet has been devalued again and again by successive provincial governments."
OAO member @drpmonaghan's succinct summary of the eye care crisis currently happening in Ontario was published today in @OttawaCitizen.
Read it here! 👀 #SaveEyeCare bit.ly/3gTof0q
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
“We really need the government to start working with us so we can create a high quality, sustainable system for patients in the future."
@OAOPresident spoke to @am640 on the need for @ONThealth to commit to negotiations with optometrists. #SaveEyeCare
👇bit.ly/3cOROPy
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
I’ll say it again:
I’m a middle-aged white guy. I’m pro-cop. And I applaud today’s verdict. But cops don’t treat black lives the same way they treat white lives. This is still the truth. And this must change. But it won’t change until white America first acknowledges this truth.
Dr. Dana Blakolmer & Associates retweeted
People repeatedly refuse to acknowledge I'm #blind & this is part of #ableism. Erasing my #disability is ableist. Treating me as though I can see, telling me I'm not "really" blind is ableist. Nondisabled people must do the work to understand #accessibility. #a11y