so you're approaching age 65 and you're getting ready to go into Medicare and maybe like a lot
of others maybe you need cataract surgery and do we know does medicare cover cataract surgery and
should we wait until we get into Medicare to have it done so this is a question that comes up a lot
of them will go over right now so stay tuned okay so let's talk about cataract surgery and
how it functions with Medicare and if you're in need of cataract surgery you likely know exactly
what that is so it's a lot like lasik surgery where it cures blurred vision so enables you to
read a menu again or a newspaper even a street sign without using glasses and you usually hear
some very positive results from cataract surgery so we're gonna talk about how it functions with
Medicare and I'm Keith Armbrecht I'm founder of Medicare on video and I help people across the
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leave a comment very helpful let's talk about cataracts now so cataracts as you can see here
the difference between with cataracts and without cataract you have either blurred vision or pretty
good vision so a lot of people as we're getting older we are in need of cataract surgeries so the
simple question is does medicare cover cataract surgery and the simple answer is yes it does cover
cataract surgeries so this is one of those things where is you become in your 60s and you may need
it or you start to realize that you're going to need it do you wait until you get into Medicare
and all the Medicare not likely going to want to encourage you to do that it's probably not a bad
when you come into Medicare at age 65 or if you have not started your Part B and you're retiring
coming off a group plan at work and coming into Medicare same as if you're turning 65 there are no
pre-existing condition exclusions assuming you've had credible coverage coming up into Medicare so
yes even though you have an existing need for cataract surgery once you get into Medicare
it's covered so you need to consult with your doctor on how it functions and the best way to
handle that but if you have for instance Original Medicare a and B and a Medicare supplement plan G
that most you're going to be out-of-pocket for the entire year is a hundred and eighty-five
dollars right now so that's pretty fantastic so it's great coverage and probably does make a lot
of sense to wait until you come into Medicare to have cataract surgery done so what does medicare
cover pretty simple Medicare acts as kind of real health insurance if it's medically necessary it's
almost always covered under Medicare so in this scenario medicare covers the removal of
the cataract the basic lens implants and a set of prescription eyeglasses that are needed as a
result of the surgery so you even get eye glasses as part of this so a very good coverage under
Medicare for cataract surgery so what I'd like now is if you have had cataract surgery or you
think you're going to be needing cataract surgery leave a comment below the video because it will
very much help others understand either how it went or what you're looking at going forward
in planning to have cataract surgery because it's a pretty personal thing it's a little
scary because obviously they're working on our eyes and whenever that's the case it just makes
it a little concerning so make sure to leave a comment below help some others out especially
if you've already had it how did it go what was your recovery how is it now what a fantastic way
to help some other people make sure that they are comfortable coming into Medicare so again
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we want to make sure we get it right from the start and again there's no cost to utilize me
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