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Doctors worry about accidents as Georgia seniors face delays getting routine cataract surgeries

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Georgia seniors Peggy Mitchell, left, and Gwen Brightman, right, both had to delay their scheduled cataract removal surgeries due to insurance challenges. (SPECIAL)

cataract surgery patients — Georgia seniors Peggy Mitchell, left, and Gwen Brightman, right, both had to delay their scheduled cataract removal surgeries due to insurance challenges. (SPECIAL)

ATLANTA — Peggy Mitchell, 71, was having trouble driving at night, so she knew she could not wait any longer to have the cataract clouding her right eye removed.

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