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“Why is that kid wearing an eye patch?” Craig Kennedy interviews Dr Maanasa Indaram about the health equity challenges of pediatric amblyopia, the leading cause of preventable vision loss in children.

Amblyopia is the most common cause of vision impairment in children, affecting approximately a kid in every classroom. While treatment can resolve the condition, children covered by Medicaid have poorer outcomes than their commercially-insured peers. Standard of care treatment, penalizing the non-amblyopic eye, is hard on children and their families, and leaves a majority of…

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