Asking eye Dr. for the prescription (doctor, prescriptions, insurance, lenses)
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I recently had my annual eye appointment. The Dr. usually has me look through the eye machine to check if my vision has changed. This time he only had me read the letters on the wall about 10 feet away, and said my vision was pretty much the same.
I'm thinking he did this, being that last year I asked for the prescription so I could get glasses online. Much cheaper AND he didn't have any frames that I liked.
Anyone have their eye Dr. do this, or get perturbed that you didn't buy glasses from them?
Was the previous exam your first using that plan/optometrist? The full exam could have been establishing a patient file/baseline, but subsequent exams might not be as thorough unless you have a specific complaint.
What type of vision correction do you have now? Does your current prescription still do what you need it to do? Depending on the correction, it is possible that reading the eye chart might be enough to decide you don't need your prescription adjusted. Couldn't say. I'm no doctor and I don't know you. If I doubted this provider's opinion, I'd get another.
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Didn't you keep the previous prescription? We keep them all in a file for future use. Our regular doctor will give us the prescriptions and we go wherever we want for the glasses, most recently Costco. You do, however, have the right to get a copy of any old prescription or medical record.
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.
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.
They ARE supposed to give your prescription to you, if you ask.
But OP, if your prescription hasn't changed, just ask them for your records, so you can write it down and go get your glasses wherever you want.
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 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.
Mine have always handed me a slip with suggested corrections. Even with age-related vision changes they're very slight, so depending on what's going on at the time in terms of vision, sometimes I've ordered lenses, sometimes I got by using OTC cheaters. Up to me who to get the lenses from. It was a matter of convenience to order them from the same office that did the exams.
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