Everyone was nice and the office clean and facilities up to date. I had some funkiness on my retina that the Dr. said I should have looked @ by a retinal specialist. He asked ..Would you like to see a picture of your retina? I said sure. When I got my invoice there was a $120 charge for that one computer snapshot. Ya see..it's not that I had to pay for it..insurance did but I wasn't informed. Maybe I am one of those folks who,just because it is free,might just pass. Maybe that is my own little shot at medical reform I ended up going to this great specialist Dr. Lim who ended up taking over the course of two visits way over 20 pictures.I haven't gotten any figures as yet but I'm willing to bet that he is not charging $120/ picture. He teaches @ Yale and one of the things he tells his students..if you find some funkiness don't get so excited ...keep looking...there may be more. ..which leads me to my other point and one expressed by Dr. Lim as well. The Dr. @ C.E.C. missed some more of that funkiness in the other eye...so you are not really getting a complete eye exam...you are getting a kinda complete exam. Dr. Lim is not implying that one should go to a retinal specialist on top of a reg. eye exam..what he is saying is ""complete eye exam"" is puffery.
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