Ironwood
TUG Member
Glad to be living in Canada....I don't have to worry about whether I'm covered or not! All I have to worry about is how long will it take to see a specialist...if I were to need one.
Just a little side note on vision plans. Vision plans are only meant to help defray the cost for glasses or contacts and a yearly refraction. That's it! Anything medical with the eyes (cataracts, glaucoma, etc.) is covered under your primary Medicare or insurance plan and has almost nothing to do with any vision plan you may have.
As an ophthalmologist my billers have to answer questions about that every single day because the patient is responsible for a 20% co pay with stand alone Medicare or whatever co pay they may have with their private insurer. Many ask why we're not billing their vision plan and why we're billing their regular insurance or Medicare. We have to explain to them that I'm treating their cataracts or glaucoma or whatever which is considered medical and thus doesn't fall under the vision plan. In fact, cataract surgery and the costs surrounding that are typically the #1 Medicare budget expense each year.
an ophthalmologist is a new neighbor. another neighbor claims he does 35 cataract surgeries a day. Is this possible?
Glad to be living in Canada....I don't have to worry about whether I'm covered or not!
Glad to be living in Canada....I don't have to worry about whether I'm covered or not! All I have to worry about is how long will it take to see a specialist...if I were to need one.