"I Can See Clearly now..."
For the last two years we have been paying a monthly premium for Eye Care Insurance, Carolyn wear glasses, so when I saw we had Eye Care insurance at work I thought this was a great option; pay the insurance and everything is covered when we need new glasses.
Last night we went to get our eyes checked. Everything went as expected, my eyes are good and my wife needs new glasses. She picked her glasses and sunglasses, placed the order...cha ching... +$500 [WHAT?] and this is after insurance?!
So, I was sitting there at the doctor's office with my pupils dilated looking around thinking how shiny everything was and wondering how this came to happen. At the same time flashbacks from The Fight Club or any other "rebels-against-the-system" movie start going through my head while I keep looking around in amazement how the Christmas decorations at Target look shinier than usual, oh, did I mention all this was at Target? Yes, Target, the same with the red bulls eye and the "expect more pay less" slogan.
Last time we had to get glasses we didn't have eye care insurance, went to a different place and we only had to pay like $100 total, so how come this time with insurance we have to pay more than $500 for the same stuff? Go figure.
Needless to say, we will return Target's $500 glasses and go to this other place and pay without insurance way less than with insurance. When it comes to the eye care insurance plan, I'm kicking that rip-off bye-bye...
Where is Michael Moore when you need him? (ooh...I bet I touched a few sore spots with that one)
Last night we went to get our eyes checked. Everything went as expected, my eyes are good and my wife needs new glasses. She picked her glasses and sunglasses, placed the order...cha ching... +$500 [WHAT?] and this is after insurance?!
So, I was sitting there at the doctor's office with my pupils dilated looking around thinking how shiny everything was and wondering how this came to happen. At the same time flashbacks from The Fight Club or any other "rebels-against-the-system" movie start going through my head while I keep looking around in amazement how the Christmas decorations at Target look shinier than usual, oh, did I mention all this was at Target? Yes, Target, the same with the red bulls eye and the "expect more pay less" slogan.
Last time we had to get glasses we didn't have eye care insurance, went to a different place and we only had to pay like $100 total, so how come this time with insurance we have to pay more than $500 for the same stuff? Go figure.
Needless to say, we will return Target's $500 glasses and go to this other place and pay without insurance way less than with insurance. When it comes to the eye care insurance plan, I'm kicking that rip-off bye-bye...
Where is Michael Moore when you need him? (ooh...I bet I touched a few sore spots with that one)
Posted in: eye glasses, insurances, sucks on 11.08.2007 at at 07:34