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neeksgeek

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7. It's not just the costly procedures, either

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2019, 09:36 AM

May 2019

The goal of the health insurance plans is to pay as little as possible. A personal anecdote to illustrate the point.

I’ve got a whole host of medical eye problems, I’ve had a few eye surgeries, and see an ophthalmologist (MD) several times a decade. I generally don’t bother with optometrists (OD), because a lot of them don’t really know what to do for my visual peculiarities. Anyway, the full medical eye exam includes refraction (getting an eyeglasses prescription), and even though it’s coded as a medical exam and not optometry, I always have to fight to get the medical insurance to cover that part.

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