Silver Book Fact
For beneficiaries with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), annual Medicare part B payments for vision care increased from $1,504 per beneficiary in 1994 to $3,263 in 2006–due in large part to anti-VEGF treatments.
Day S, Acquah K, Lee P, Mruthyunjaya P, et al. Medicare Costs for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration, 1994-2007. Ophthalmol. 2011; 152(6): 1014-20. http://www.ajo.com/article/S0002-9394%2811%2900410-7/abstract