Maine lawmakers should reject bill to allow optometrists to perform some eye surgeries

Maine lawmakers should reject bill to allow optometrists to perform some eye surgeries

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Dr. Linda Schumacher-Feero is the past president of the Maine Society of Eye Physicians & Surgeons.   Close your eyes and imagine that you needed eye surgery, and you had the choice between someone who was a medical doctor and trained eye surgeon, and someone who was nei…