{"id":65,"date":"2026-10-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/?p=65"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T09:00:00","slug":"medicare-usually-covers-cataract-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/10\/medicare-usually-covers-cataract-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Usually Covers Cataract Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/jayesh-1\/medicare-cataract-surgery-remotion-videos-ed44\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>In the US, cataract surgery was usually covered through Part B, Medicare Advantage, or Medigap, while medications generally required Part D or bundled drug benefits.<br \/>\nPart B typically covered presurgery eye visits, traditional or laser surgery, anesthesia, follow-up care, and one pair of corrective lenses after surgery.<br \/>\nWith Part B alone, patients generally paid the deductible first, then a share of approved costs; premium eyeglass frames and prescriptions were extra.<br \/>\nMedicare Advantage plans matched Part B surgery coverage and often bundled drug benefits; some also included vision coverage for routine exams or nonsurgical cataract care.<br \/>\nIf cataract surgery is expected, compare outpatient copays, deductibles, prescription coverage, and vision benefits, because facility type, surgery type, and plan design affect costs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the US, cataract surgery was usually covered through Part B, Medicare Advantage, or Medigap, while medications generally required Part D or bundled drug benefits. Part B typically covered presurgery eye visits, traditional or laser surgery, anesthesia, follow-up care, and one pair of corrective lenses after surgery. With Part B alone, patients generally paid the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":463,"featured_media":66,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}