This kinda pisses me off.......my insurance rejected payment for my $578 glasses!!!!!!

[a kennedy]

WTH???? Can’t wait till Medicare will pay for them, and hearing aides, and some dental procedures. *keeping fingers crossed*

[Sherman A1]

1. Yup, mine did as well

Apparently I missed the every two year thing in my plan. As it is, they really don’t pay that much anyway particularly on the lens part of the equation so I will have to bucks up some more dollars soon when the bill comes in.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Medicare pays for them? News to me. AFIC, they only pay when you have...

cataract surgery, and it's a one-time thing.

I get my glasses from Zenni, and they start at under 10 bucks a pair. Made in China and sold direct. But what isn't made in China now?

[Elessar Zappa]

3. Not yet

but in the infrastructure bill, Medicare will start covering dental, vision, and hearing.

[yellowdogintexas]

17. some of the Advantage plans have vision and dental components

Of course the insurance companies are selling them so it is a way for them to mke some $$.

Currently Medicare covers only the most basic lens whether in a frame or in your eye. There are a number of more comprehensive intraocular lenses out there some extremely expensive but are not covered - not even up to the coverage amount for the basic lens.

Even if the plan allowed coverage for more advanced lenses, rotsa ruck getting the manufacturers to negotiate a coverage amount.

[Chainfire]

9. My wife and I have been using Zenni for years

It really hacks off the eye doctor, one of whom told me that he couldn't get glasses that cheap for his Mother, and couldn't understand why I wouldn't spend three to five times as much to get glasses through his office....After all, they fit them for you.

The last pair of glasses I bought, were bifocals, with the Transition type lenses, scratch resistance and attractive frames were about a hundred bucks. Since cataract surgery, I only need reading glasses. I buy them at Family Dollar for a buck a pair. They work perfectly and I have them all over the house! When you scratch the lenses, you just buy another half dozen pair.

[TreasonousBastard]

15. Dollar Tree has all the reading glasses I ever need. I noticed that years ago when...

I started using Zenni, they took a month or so to get here. Now it's only a week. Since they wait until they fill a container before shipping, I assume it's because business is good.

And why do I think that Costco, Walmart, and the other discount eyewear isn't from the same place...

[yellowdogintexas]

18. proud member of the Dollar Tree Reading Glasses Club

I do have a sllight astigmatism and sometimes I need something to correct it. Still trying to get the "just right" power.

My doc did a prescription for me after my surgeries were healed but I haven't filled it yet.

I got a nice pair of no line bifocals from GlassesUSA. I was really impressed with the alignment - they were perfect.

I did not use them for the next pair because I just couldn't find a frame I wanted.

I will have to check out Zenni ! I may end up filling that prescription after all.

[left-of-center2012]

4. Medicare does not pay for glasses

Nor will they pay for hearing aids or dental work.

Medicaid pays for all three.

[Nittersing]

13. Medicare paid for my mom's hearing aids

But it was a one time deal. When she needed new ones, they cost $6000. Fortunately, she could afford them.

[left-of-center2012]

14. Your mom got lucky

https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/hearing-aids

"Medicare doesn't cover hearing aids or exams for fitting hearing aids."

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

5. My Aetna Medicare HMO pays $200 each year toward glasses.

It also pays $400 toward dental expenses. It's not a lot, but it's better than nothing.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. I celebrated New Year's Eve by sitting on the computer, ordering eyeglasses.

I had $170 is a use it or lose it account. Spend it by midnight, or the money goes away.

I bought three pairs of glasses from Eye Buy Direct. I was going to buy two pairs, but I found an online coupon for 40 percent off. That made it possible for me to jam a third pair into the order for the same price.

This is not spam for Eye Buy Direct.

[doc03]

7. My Medicare advantage plan turned mine down

because I was 1 week short of their 2 year limit. They only pay about $200 of it anyway.

[frazzled]

8. Almost no insurance plan pays for eyeglasses

You usually have to purchase additional "vision insurance," which covers the cost of vision tests and a percentage of frames and lenses. Some are better than others.

Both traditional insurance and Medicare will pay for all ophthalmological visits and procedures.

[yellowdogintexas]

20. anything that is truly medical.

injury, glaucoma, surgeries, cataracts, infections, retinal detachment etc.

[lark]

10. Medicare HMO's offer glasses now, but it's really just a discount & doesn't cover much.

It saved me about $120 on the glasses plus paid for the exam, and I still ended up paying nearly $500 and that didn't include the "transitions". I had extreme near sightedness plus astigmatism so they were extra expensive. The dental coverage sucked last year, so this year they made it substantially better.

[mucifer]

11. I'm lucky. I have vision through my work that's about $6 per month and pays a chunk out of the

glasses and eye exam. Going to Costco to have the prescription filled helped a lot, too.

[mitch96]

12. Some plans pay for glasses but But BUT you have to go to their "approved" eye glass centers

to get the discount... Pay to play lead generators for rip off eyeglass centers...YMMV uff
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[Kali]

16. ...

https://www.eyebuydirect.com/

I haven't paid over $100 in years.

[djm5971]

21. Thanks!

For the Zenni and Eyebuydirect information.