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I was using a vision plan, but in the past he's done a full vision test with the same plan.
Does the plan state you will always get a comprehensive exam on the schedule you're using, or does the plan call for certain more comprehensive exams at certain intervals and lesser exams at more frequent intervals? Like many types of coverage, things can change every benefit period, so what was last year or last month may have changed the week before you had your the exam.
If he didn't give you a written copy, perhaps he thought that the front desk was going to give it to you at the end when you paid? Regardless you could probably call them up and talk to the people at the front desk and ask them to mail you a copy. Or drop in and just ask them to print it for you.
Length of exam doesn't tell much, IMO. Sometimes mine are long, sometimes not. It's because sometimes the answers I give aren't so clear, so they go back and repeat a couple of the settings to see how I answer.
I order all of my eye glasses online and you need to ask for a copy of your prescription. If nothing has changed they simply need to update your current prescription. You should ask them to include your PD measurement on the prescription (online company is going to require it). Your eye doctor is required by law to provide you a written prescription.
I order all of my eye glasses online and you need to ask for a copy of your prescription. If nothing has changed they simply need to update your current prescription. You should ask them to include your PD measurement on the prescription (online company is going to require it). Your eye doctor is required by law to provide you a written prescription.
In every state?
I am 65. I have worn glasses since third grade. I have NEVER been given a written prescription, ever, from any eye doctor. I guess you have to ask for it.
I don't think some of you get what the guy is asking. He wants to know how he gets the prescription from the eye doctor so he can buy glasses elsewhere if he wants. The rest of his post was just background noise. I would like to know that, too.
Do they just GIVE it to you if you ask them? I can get one pair of glasses each year at a discount through my eye doctor via my insurance, but they are still pricey. I'd like some backup pairs. When I started to talk about it once, he got very defensive and said I wouldn't get the anti-glare and quality and whatnot that I get from him...so I just backed off. But some people seem to actually be able to get their scrip from their eye doctors.
Don’t even mention the prescription to the doctor.
Ask the receptionist to print out the prescription for you from your file when you pay/settle for the visit.
The doctors usually don’t write down just 1 measurement - the distance between the pupils.
You could:
- Go to optometrist desk at your Dr or any other optometrist and ask them to measure it for you.
They may charge you 25-30 dollars.
- You could use an average 60 mm. Some people have asymmetry between the left and right pupil location so one could have 30 and 31mm distance or so
- The various on-line eyeglasses providers each have their own system to help you self measure the distance.
- consumer clubs like BJ or Costco could measure it for you if you ask - free.
Online glasses are great if you have a simple prescription and can tolerate prism. I was in the field for 50+ years. We rarely had anyone buy glasses online, but it is becoming more prevalent now. Now that I am retired and live far away I purchased VSP insurance for my wife and myself. I found a fantastic doctor (who I had to ask for specifically) who really knew his stuff and gave us thorough and complete eye exams. My insurance covers annual eye exam. Anybody can hang a chart on the wall and read the letters, but you need to have you eye health checked every year. OP, contact your insurance company and see what is covered in terms of eye exam.
According to the Federal Trade Commission's website:
"The Federal Trade Commission enforces the Eyeglass Rule. It requires eye doctors ― ophthalmologists and optometrists ― to give patients a copy of their prescription ― whether they ask for it or not. It’s the law."
I recently had an optometry exam, and was given my prescription without asking. I saved so much money buying my glasses online.
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