{"id":17429,"date":"2021-01-05T09:54:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17429"},"modified":"2021-01-05T09:55:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:55:51","slug":"17429","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17429","title":{"rendered":"Will Medicare Advantage cover LASIK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generally LASIK eye surgery is not covered by original Medicare; however, some Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans may cover some or all of the costs of LASIK surgery.\u00a0 Medicare covers only surgeries that are considered medical necessary and since LASIK is an elective procedure, original Medicare does not cover it.\u00a0 But, if you have Medicare Advantage plan, you may or may not have some coverage under you plan. To learn more about Medicare coverage for LASIK and how to get the most coverage possible, read attached article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/medicare\/does-medicare-cover-lasik-surgery#costs-and-savings\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/file5381291239055mystery-search-spyglass-examine-examination-hunt-700x465.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8863\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/file5381291239055mystery-search-spyglass-examine-examination-hunt-700x465-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/file5381291239055mystery-search-spyglass-examine-examination-hunt-700x465-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/file5381291239055mystery-search-spyglass-examine-examination-hunt-700x465.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally LASIK eye surgery is not covered by original Medicare; however, some Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans may cover some<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17431,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17429\/revisions\/17431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}