Comments on: Medical Insurance Pays for Your Eyes. Vision Insurance Pays for Glasses. The Difference?

By: Randall V. Wong, M.D.

Randall V. Wong, M.D. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:48:39 +0000

Dick,

As you can see, not only is it sometimes difficult to get a patient to understand that he has disease, but it is very difficult for some to understand that their “insurance” doesn’t cover health problems.

Thanks for commenting.

By: Randall V. Wong, M.D.

Randall V. Wong, M.D. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:47:10 +0000

This is problem that won’t go away. It is something that is very difficult for most patients to understand.

By: Randall V. Wong, M.D.

Randall V. Wong, M.D. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:46:34 +0000

Thanks for your insights. This is really an ongoing problem for the primary providers isn’t it?

By: Dick

Dick — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:37:01 +0000

this is a good clarification of a usual misconception that patients are having

By: teresa weber

teresa weber — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:24:55 +0000

Love this, Randy. So simple, yet so fully explained…. Thanks!

By: Dodge

Dodge — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:44:22 +0000

I deal with this issue every day. The short cut way I think of it is “Vision insurance covers one healthy person eye exam a year. Everything else is done with medical insurance.” Kinda my simple rule of thumb, where things get really interesting is when people think they are healthy and really are not.
hope that helps a little
dodge