Silver Book Fact
The number of Medicare beneficiaries newly diagnosed with wet age-related macular degeneratino (AMD) more than doubled between 1994 and 2006.
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