So I "learnt" how fast one's copay for an "eye exam" could go from $10 to $80+. If you request an "eye exam", and they find something (say a scratch, etc,) then it's $10 for the "eye exam". HOWEVER, if you call up and say you feel like you have a scratch or something else that then becomes a "Medical (Patient) Complaint" - which then turns the "eye exam" into a "specialist / doctor visit" which then falls under your medical health plan, under the "Specialist" upcharge category.
To review:
1. Go in for an eye exam and THEY find a scratch - $10.
2. Say you "think you may have a scratch" - go in, and and they confirm it - $80
Of course (as they later told me) the increase fee wasn't just "fluff" this also included a "Treatment plan" which was "continue wearing sunglasses" and "use eye drops"
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Polvo, you haven't even scratched the surface of the medical rip offs laying around out there!
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