Comments on: Kid’s Eye Exam for 50 Cents

By: Jan from BetterSpines

Jan from BetterSpines — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:15:22 +0000

Absolutely love the 50cent eye exam. Totally frugal. And as accurate as the equivalent hearing test of opening a bag/packet of something yummy. If they hear that, but don’t hear “please put the garbage out”, it proves they are not deaf, just selectively hard of hearing!

By: Caddy

Caddy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:23:15 +0000

Hahahahhahahhaha … I just had to let you know that I love reading your stuff. I too was made to wear glasses at much too young an age when I really didn’t need them. In fact, I was dizzy most of the time but I was told that I just needed to get used to them. The saddest thing is that the optometrist was a trusted family friend. Go figure.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:46:19 +0000

I love the .50 eye exam… This made my day. I’m going to have to try it.

My youngest has been suffering from migraines for the last 9 months. At first, I thought maybe it was her vision… but, that didn’t turn out to be the case…

Thanks for sharing

Tiff

By: Cindy @ Fenced in Family

Cindy @ Fenced in Family — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:42:09 +0000

Thanks for posting this and thanks, Sheila, for leaving that comment. From time to time I’ve thought about having my kids’ vision tested since I wear glasses myself. I’ve printed off eye charts from the internet and have had them do those (they pass with flying colors), but I’ve occasionally wondered if I should take them to an optometrist. It never occurred to me that the eye doctor would write them a prescription for glasses even if their vision was good. They are actually on Medicaid, and it doesn’t surprise me that kids on Medicaid received more prescriptions than kids with private insurance or no insurance at all. It just never crossed my mind that kids with perfect vision would get glasses prescriptions – what a… what a… I don’t even know what to call it! What a travesty!

Looks like we’ll be avoiding the optometrist just like we avoid the family doctor.

By: sheila sultani

sheila sultani — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:47:30 +0000

I worked for an eye doctor for a year – most of his patients were kids on medicaid and not once, did a kid NOT get a prescription – they make the money off the eye-exam (not much) and the frames. The frames are the BIG money maker – you know those D&G, Versace, or Chanel frames that you pay 100s for, they get for about $50 bucks – the frames for the medicaid patients they get for under $5 and then send it into medicaid at $49 – what a rip-off!