The optometrist recommended seamless bifocals. I have a very painful nerve condition in my face (atypical trigeminal neuralgia), so this is what I need with glasses: the lightest weight frames possible- known as ultra light- with the lightest weight lenses possible and automatically darkening lenses so I don’t need the weight of sunglasses. The cheapest frames brought the total to $250 on the site the insurance worked with.

The frames are $20 on the cheap site. Everything else in the cost is the lenses.

As for why I have to buy them online- I don’t want anyone touching my face unless it’s absolutely necessary. The exam was painful enough.

American for-profit healthcare is fucking awesome.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Cool how you’re comparing that to the U.S. which will have all those costs on top of the care Canadians don’t have to pay for. Not at all dishonest.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          4 months ago

          I’m not Canadian. That’s my point. I have to pay for all the stuff in that article they say you don’t have to pay for. In fact, that stuff is why we’re in all this medical debt.