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orangecrush
Dec 12
OP
Totally agree. Heck, even Medicare denies most dental and vision care (although they do cover doctor visits
Silent Type
Dec 12
#3
I'm extremely nearsighted. If I don't have corrective lenses, I can't function in society.
oregonjen
Dec 12
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republianmushroom
(18,394 posts)1. Money is the answer.
TommieMommy
(1,316 posts)2. Exactly 👍 another question in the pile of things I don't understand 🤔
Silent Type
(7,569 posts)3. Totally agree. Heck, even Medicare denies most dental and vision care (although they do cover doctor visits
but not refractions).
I believe this has now changed, but 5 years ago I was helping someone and found that Medicare would not cover teeth extractions even when it was a requirement for cancer radiation therapy. I knew they wouldn't cover it as part of regular dental care, but could not believe it would be denied for life saving radiation therapy.
oregonjen
(3,503 posts)4. I'm extremely nearsighted. If I don't have corrective lenses, I can't function in society.
How is that not medical? I dont get it, either.
Irish_Dem
(60,776 posts)5. There is more for the billionaires to scam if they divide up our bodies.
leftieNanner
(15,773 posts)6. I would add
Ears. Medicare doesn't cover hearing aids. Loss of hearing is connected to dementia.
Biophilic
(5,112 posts)9. Perhaps, but they do cover cocktails implants as well as follow up/training visits.
TBF
(34,843 posts)7. Because that is more profitable for billionaires and
billionaires are all that matter.
Signed, your local Stepford Wife
(just preparing for the new administration)
Quiet Em
(1,350 posts)8. "They only cover your health from the neck down" - My dentist
Martin Eden
(13,648 posts)10. Teeth and eyeballs are like corporations.
They're people.
mahina
(19,195 posts)11. Ears too!
Gunfunnit