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Old Jan 25, 2020, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by BethRags View Post


My son is a world traveler (seriously) and has lived in several European cities. He has traveled to the Scandinavian countries and found them remarkably well-managed, with an excellent health care system. But then, all 1st-world countries have superior health care to us.

I visited my son in Paris a few years ago and lost my glasses while there. I'm very dependent on my glasses (and contact lenses) and was shaking at the thought of what replacing glasses in a foreign country would cost. Well, I walked into an optometrists office...received a free thorough eye exam and purchased glasses at such a low cost that I was dazed.

I told the optometrist that I am an American citizen - he was "Parisian cranky" - but assured me that there was no problem with the free exam.

Our health care system is an embarrassment.
There are a number of optometry joints in this town where that exam and those glasses could easily have cost you $1000. Optomtery can be extremely lucrative.
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