...All you have to do is get
the new prescription of eye-glasses filled, as your policy FLORIDA BLUE states
that they are included for FREE!
Easy?
I think NOT!
Well, sure if the providers
are in NETWORK, but no, nope they don’t have anyone who accepts THEIR INSURANCE
in NETWORK!
Oh no and so the conclusion folks is….that the Florida Blue system STINKS!
We just spent four and half
hours talking to “SUPERVISORS”! Sure we did.
They just spewed more inconsistencies
in their policy’s coverage according to whatever their upper echelon bosses brainwashed
them to carry on and to the public they are trying hard to hoodwink, as well as
!
The issue is that they tell
you that Florida Blue Medical will pay in full for cataract surgery glasses,
but…… the catch 22:
“Catch-22 Definition
dictionary.search.yahoo.com
n. noun
1.
A situation in
which a desired outcome or solution is impossible to attain because of a set of
inherently contradictory rules or conditions.
2.
A contradictory
or self-defeating course of action.
3.
A tricky or
disadvantageous condition; a catch.”
See this is the
definition of what a catch 22 is!
Please
people if you think you want to change your insurance do NOT choose this brand!
Find
one with people who know the difference between medical physicians, oh I don’t
know like that an Ophthalmologist, Optometrist and an Optician.
You
see, and do enjoy the pun; they wanted me to go to an ophthalmologist for the
eye glasses. And I kept explaining that I already have my prescription and HAD
the surgery all I need is the glasses! But they insisted I had to go to an
optometrist for GLASSES, they examine the eyes for nearsightedness and
farsightedness and an ophthalmologist is eye diseases and surgery, what I need
if any is an OPTICIAN who measures you for eyeglasses!
Oh,
no we have no one in NETWORK therefore you will have to pay for your FREE
glasses!
HUH????????
Any-way,
this is how I spent the afternoon with Hubby and I taking turns trying to get
through to these people to no avail…
As
one can well imagine I am exhausted, an hour in the pool, forty-five minutes in
PT, and lovely lunch at Plaza Mexican restaurant, which I will tell more about…in
the future…
Then
physically going to another eyeglass retailer and being told they do not accept
Florida Blue!
Frustrating
is an understatement.
So I
will ask you all to kindly count all your blessings and share all those
overages and try to have a very happy night, and we will too!
And
next time please be here or be square, ya hear!
*Disclaimer this is totally my opinion, based on personal experience with this corporate giant!