Will my medicaid cover both the eye exam and the glasses and or contacts, whatever I decide? I haven't been to the eye doctor in years and I never used medicaid for it, last time I went I paid out of pocket since I had some cash.

  • tamagotchicowboy [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    Depends on state, as others say call. In my experience if they cover the exam they typically will cover some sort of glasses, usually not contacts, bare-bones lenses on some frames, and only maybe 1 pair a year if at that. Some optometry offices will have a section of cheap or medicaid/care frames to explore in their collections.

    I would ask the eye doctor for a copy of your prescription so you can hit up Zennioptical or something if you're interested in a backup copy of lenses, or if the eye doctor doesn't take medicaid for eye glasses at all. Make sure to get your PD numbers if you go that route.