US EditionMore than 54,000 Minors Have Already Applied for Help of 100 Euros for Glasses and Contact Lenses in the First Month of Validity
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In just one month, more than 54,000 people have applied for help of 100 euros to cover the cost of essential optical products for children under 16 years of age. A measure included in Plan Veo, approved by the Government in mid-December with the aim of "reducing economic barriers" that hinder access to visual aid systems for children. A support that, in its first month of validity, has been requested mainly to obtain glasses and with a higher pr…
The programme covers grants of up to EUR 100 per person aged 16 and under for the purchase of glasses, lenses or contact lenses
A total of 941 minor navarros have so far requested access to Plan Veo. This is an aid programme promoted by the Ministry of Health last December and aimed at improving access to visual assistance systems in childhood. It provides financial support of up to 100 euros per beneficiary person for the purchase of glasses, graduated lenses or contact lenses, and is part of an exceptional measure that responds to "a public health need and the desire t…
As of 14 January, a total of 54,083 minors have applied for access to the Veo Plan, of which 32,309 already have their files approved by the General Council of Optometrist Optical Colleges (CGCOO), while the rest are in the validation phase.
85% of children under the age of 16 have acquired prescription glasses and most have done so to correct astigmatism or myopia
Andalusia leads the requests of the Health program that has already processed 32,309 approved files throughout Spain Andalusia suspends this Wednesday the educational day in the educational centers of various areas of Almeria, Malaga and Cadiz
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