FYI ... I'm newly started on a medication I used to be on that requires appointments with an opthamologist and visits with the optometrist for monitoring eyes and field of vision due to rare but potential side effects (loss of central vision biggest worry in this case), both of who used to be fully covered on my enhanced medical coverage. I'm on FULLY ENHANCED coverage. The rules have since changed and the opthamologist is fully covered, but I have to get to him through the optometrist referring me, who is now only partially covered. I have to cough up $40 ... and will have to cough that up every visit I have to have my eyes and field of vision tested. Tough when its not in the budget and the pills are needed. GP is trying to directly refer me to Opthamologist ... but ... may tell doc to forget those pills (prescribed by rheumatologist) as it still requires optometrist monitoring. ARGH

So ... many things are covered on normal basic coverage, more on enhanced like I've FORTUNATELY got, but in many cases I think its "okay, you get so much and can't have the rest. Find it yourself." Which works of you have the income to be able to do that. Lots of clinics etc also have extra FEES, and any paper work required by docs are usually not covered.

I think about elderly on small pensions or disability especially. People do without what they need, more often than not, because of the "extra" costs not covered to get what they're prescribed for treatment/meds/etc.

Strange. TYo have it covered because its recognized a person NEEDS a certain drug or something but that the monitoring it needs to go with it is NOT covered, or only partly covered when a person can't even do the "partly" part..

Did I shave my legs for this?