Medicare is not designed to cover routine eye exams or corrective lenses. You may want to consider a supplemental policy which may make payments for exams and provide discounts for glasses, contact lenses, etc.
Eye exams and certain corrective intraocular lenses may be covered if needed to correct an underlying medical condition such as glaucoma, and cataracts.
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Medicare doesn't pay for glasses. In short, you will need to secure coverage under a separate vision insurance plan to receive benefits for glasses, contacts, and other routine services.
Part B can provide coverage for some preventive and diagnostic eye exams for people at high-risk of certain conditions (e.g. diagnosing retinopathy in diabetics or mascular degeneration for age-related conditions). You can check out the medicare.gov website for more specific information regarding condition/risk requirements for Medicare to pay benefits.
Medicare does not cover eye glasses unless you get a new prescription as a result of cataract surgery. Normally you will have to pay out of pocket for a new pair of eyeglasses. Medicare will cover anything medically wrong with you eyes and will cover a routine eye exam except for the refraction part of the visit. Refraction is when your eye doctor is checking your prescription to see if it needs to be changed.
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Eye exams and certain corrective intraocular lenses may be covered if needed to correct an underlying medical condition such as glaucoma, and cataracts.
Part B can provide coverage for some preventive and diagnostic eye exams for people at high-risk of certain conditions (e.g. diagnosing retinopathy in diabetics or mascular degeneration for age-related conditions). You can check out the medicare.gov website for more specific information regarding condition/risk requirements for Medicare to pay benefits.