Wow! Good catch! I wonder if they can remove egg out my eye or a person's face?
I guess they are so short on quantity here they wouldn't think of doing eye focal problems for the measly than the $3-400 per hour an optometrist would make. In our area of about 500K we have more Optometrists than can fit in several yellow pages and only two Opthomologists and one retired a few years ago. Now Opticians run amuck and are killing the Optometrists. The last one I saw was brought in on a sub-contractor day at the Optician' place.
I just can't imagine a trained surgeon lowering him/herself to prescribe a lens grind for $75.
On that note:
My parents had a little water leak and hired a plumber. After about 30 seconds under the sink the plumber anounced it was fixed and the bill was $200 for the minimum time call.
My father went ballistic! "I am a brain surgeon and I don't make $200 in 1 minutes work!"
The plumber retorted with,
"I didn't make that either, when I was a brain sugeon!"
"Ophthalmologists are the designated leaders of the eye care team. They are medical eye doctors who specialize in eye and vision care, diagnosis and the treatment of eye disease and provide comprehensive eye exams, PRESCRIBE CORRECTIVE LENSES, prescribe and administer medication and perform surgery." (Emphasis added)
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