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QED

(2,934 posts)
Fri Jun 14, 2024, 12:05 PM Jun 2024

Medicare question about vision coverage

I'm due for my annual vision exam and will probably need a new prescription. I don't have vision coverage so I realize I need to pay for this.

But, I'm also having a weird blurry spot in one eye so I think it would be better to see an ophthalmologist rather than the optometrist I usually see at Costco. Since the ophthalmologist is an MD, would that be covered under either Medicare or my Plan G? I tried to find the policy but the little cursor kept spinning.

Guess I should call but I hate the phone.

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Medicare question about vision coverage (Original Post) QED Jun 2024 OP
Medicare will cover your visit and any tests that are done. OLDMDDEM Jun 2024 #1
If the visit is to diagnose a possible vision problem, it's covered. Ocelot II Jun 2024 #2
Yes, visits to an Opthalmologist are covered virgdem Jun 2024 #3
Me too. It's part of your Medicare coverage. enough Jun 2024 #4
Find out who your Medicare Insurance MOMFUDSKI Jun 2024 #5
The blur might be a floater. multigraincracker Jun 2024 #6
Didn't think about MD QED Jun 2024 #8
Ask your primary doctor to recommend an opthalmologist. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2024 #7

virgdem

(2,204 posts)
3. Yes, visits to an Opthalmologist are covered
Fri Jun 14, 2024, 12:13 PM
Jun 2024

under Medicare. I see an Opthalmologist every 6 months and it has always been covered.
Good luck with your eye exam.

 

MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)
5. Find out who your Medicare Insurance
Fri Jun 14, 2024, 12:45 PM
Jun 2024

representative is. Then you can call him with any/all questions. I have great rapport with my rep. Or you can text him.

multigraincracker

(33,998 posts)
6. The blur might be a floater.
Fri Jun 14, 2024, 12:58 PM
Jun 2024

I have those and they drive crazy. Might be wet MD. Very serious if not caught in.
Your vision is too important to ignore.

QED

(2,934 posts)
8. Didn't think about MD
Fri Jun 14, 2024, 01:55 PM
Jun 2024

I should have - my dad and three aunts and a sister all had MD. My sister had wet MD in one eye and dry in the other. Weird.

Thanks for the clue on this.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,741 posts)
7. Ask your primary doctor to recommend an opthalmologist.
Fri Jun 14, 2024, 01:04 PM
Jun 2024

I did, and my opthalmologist has admitting privilege at the same hospital as my primary. That can be convenient.

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