Is it generally cheaper for an American to have cataracts removed under:

1) econo bronze level med insurance?
2) standard medicare?
3) that medicare alternative using managed care?
4) some 3rd world hospital with good medical reputation, like Thailand which encourages medical tourism?
5) ?

tks

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On 12/20/2016 11:11 PM, dumbstruck wrote:

Is it generally cheaper for an American to have cataracts removed under:

1) econo bronze level med insurance?

What does it cost?

2) standard medicare?

You pay 20% of the negotiated price. What is that?

3) that medicare alternative using managed care?

No idea. We bought the Blue Shield Plan F PPO supplement and it was
free. The astigmatism lenses (essential, in my case) were $1K each,
though -- the fact that glasses have NEVER fully corrected it
notwithstanding.

4) some 3rd world hospital with good medical reputation, like Thailand which encourages medical tourism?

Tijuana has real doctors and real hospitals. We go there for dentistry,
which is roughly one quarter of the US cost.

All of the above will, of course, require more research.


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On 12/22/2016 09:27 AM, KenK wrote:

dumbstruck <dumbstruc@gmail.com> wrote in news:40f3b17f-af37-45d5-b057-fee72f1c70d7@googlegroups.com:

Is it generally cheaper for an American to have cataracts removed
under:

1) econo bronze level med insurance?
2) standard medicare?
3) that medicare alternative using managed care?
4) some 3rd world hospital with good medical reputation, like Thailand
which encourages medical tourism? 5) ?

tks

I've had two done under Medicare - free. However, trifocal glasses were
quite expensive.

Don't bother. I got 'distance' lenses and use the cheap 99-cent-store
reading glasses in a variety of strengths depending on what I want to
use them for. My mom hated the trifocals.


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before executing them."
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dumbstruck <dumbstruc@gmail.com> wrote in news:40f3b17f-af37-45d5-b057-fee72f1c70d7@googlegroups.com:

Is it generally cheaper for an American to have cataracts removed
under:

1) econo bronze level med insurance?
2) standard medicare?
3) that medicare alternative using managed care?
4) some 3rd world hospital with good medical reputation, like Thailand
which encourages medical tourism? 5) ?

tks

I've had two done under Medicare - free. However, trifocal glasses were
quite expensive.


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On 12/22/2016 10:13 AM, The Real Bev wrote:

On 12/22/2016 09:27 AM, KenK wrote:

dumbstruck <dumbstruc@gmail.com> wrote in
news:40f3b17f-af37-45d5-b057-fee72f1c70d7@googlegroups.com:

Is it generally cheaper for an American to have cataracts removed
under:

1) econo bronze level med insurance?
2) standard medicare?
3) that medicare alternative using managed care?
4) some 3rd world hospital with good medical reputation, like Thailand
which encourages medical tourism? 5) ?

tks

I've had two done under Medicare - free. However, trifocal glasses were
quite expensive.

Don't bother. I got 'distance' lenses and use the cheap 99-cent-store reading glasses in a variety of strengths depending on what I want to
use them for. My mom hated the trifocals.

I also got normal bifocals -- vision is still a bit off after the
operation(s).

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Cheers, Bev
"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
-- Nigel Molesworth

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On Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 7:47:31 PM UTC-10, The Real Bev wrote:

On 12/22/2016 10:13 AM, The Real Bev wrote:

On 12/22/2016 09:27 AM, KenK wrote:

dumbstruck wrote:

Is it generally cheaper for an American to have cataracts removed
under:

1) econo bronze level med insurance?
2) standard medicare?
3) that medicare alternative using managed care?
4) some 3rd world hospital with good medical reputation, like Thailand >>> which encourages medical tourism? 5) ?

tks

I've had two done under Medicare - free. However, trifocal glasses were
quite expensive.

Don't bother. I got 'distance' lenses and use the cheap 99-cent-store reading glasses in a variety of strengths depending on what I want to
use them for. My mom hated the trifocals.

I also got normal bifocals -- vision is still a bit off after the operation(s).

--
Cheers, Bev
"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
-- Nigel Molesworth

Thanks, all. Bev, do I recall correctly that they fixed your astigmatism in the cataract operation? So then you are just left with difficulty adapting to distance changes and maybe some change in night driving ability?

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On 12/24/2016 03:13 PM, dumbstruck wrote:

On Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 7:47:31 PM UTC-10, The Real Bev
wrote:

On 12/22/2016 10:13 AM, The Real Bev wrote:

On 12/22/2016 09:27 AM, KenK wrote:

dumbstruck wrote:

Is it generally cheaper for an American to have cataracts
removed under:

1) econo bronze level med insurance? 2) standard medicare? 3)
that medicare alternative using managed care? 4) some 3rd
world hospital with good medical reputation, like Thailand
which encourages medical tourism? 5) ?

tks

I've had two done under Medicare - free. However, trifocal
glasses were quite expensive.

Don't bother. I got 'distance' lenses and use the cheap
99-cent-store reading glasses in a variety of strengths depending
on what I want to use them for. My mom hated the trifocals.

I also got normal bifocals -- vision is still a bit off after the
operation(s).

-- Cheers, Bev "History started badly and hav been geting steadily
worse." -- Nigel Molesworth

Thanks, all. Bev, do I recall correctly that they fixed your
astigmatism in the cataract operation? So then you are just left with difficulty adapting to distance changes and maybe some change in
night driving ability?

Yes, they fixed the astigmatism -- that was worse than the slight
yellowing of the lenses. $1K for each lens -- medicare doesn't regard
toric lenses as essential -- theoretically astigmatism can be corrected
with glasses, although mine never was. I still have a bit left, and am
a bit nearsighted in one eye. It's not an exact science, unfortunately.
Night driving has improved, actually -- the astigmatism was a real
bitch. On balance, I'm really happy. It could be better, but what
couldn't?

BUT I have a weird thing in one eye -- a shaft of light that shoots out
at a 45-degree angle clockwise from vertical that's the exact width of a
bright light and whose length is dependent on the brightness. There's a threshhold, and it's not so bright that it swamps out anything behind
it, but it's a nuisance. My ophthalmologist doesn't know what it is.
I'll ask my retinologist when I visit him next month. I have a touch of
dry MD and a weird thing in one retina, so I visit him every 6 months or so.

My friend who had the REALLY fancy multi-focal lenses done a month or so
ago had the same thing in both eyes for a week or so, but it went away.

My distance and middle vision is acceptable, but I need +1.5D glasses
for the computer and +2.5D glasses for reading. I also have monovision contacts, with the left one +2.5 for reading and the right one for
distance. Better vision than my bifocal glasses, and the brain gets
mostly used to the different focus in each eye.

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