Poll Question

For people on a fixed income, the added expense of an eye exam can be over-whelming. What happens? No eye exam and Grandpa gets behind the wheel...............

I lived in Florida back in the late 70's / early 80's. There was a retiree from Ohio that, upon FAILING Fla's eye exam, went BACK to Ohio and re-newed his license (no eye exam required @ THAT TIME in Ohio).

He came BACK to Florida and was on his way to a hot-dog stand and ran over 3 children playing in their driveway. Once Police tracked him down he said " I thought I hit some trash-cans."

So NO, I DONT think this is a Good Idea !

PS : Florida RAISED SO MUCH HELL that Ohio instituted mandatory eye exams on license re-newals.

Not really

Submitted by sdougan on Mon, 08/09/2010 at 10:42 am.

Eye exams run around $50, so we're not exactly talking about an overwhelming expense. That's not really related to the vision test required to get your driver's license.

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Submitted by eagles4me on Mon, 08/09/2010 at 11:36 am.

For people on Medicaid, $50 is a tremendous expense. If they could afford it, they probably wouldn't be on Medicaid to begin with. And eye exams can be a bit more than $50.

Let's see...

Submitted by A_Citizen on Mon, 08/09/2010 at 2:06 pm.

Do they have a cellphone, big screen TV, play the lottery every week, drive a nice shiny SUV?

Sounds like they can afford the $50 to me.

You hit the nail right on the head...

Submitted by finatic806 on Mon, 08/09/2010 at 5:26 pm.

I am sick and tired of the hand outs! Pay your own way period.

What is happening to country makes we want to puke.

It just isn't

Submitted by sdougan on Mon, 08/09/2010 at 12:12 pm.

It's just not a lot of money no matter how you look at it. The exams do not cost much and you only need them every few years. It's maybe $2/month.

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Submitted by eagles4me on Mon, 08/09/2010 at 3:54 pm.

I have to disagree. $50 is still a big amount to some people. I personally know of two people who simply cannot afford an eye exam right now. The economy has taken a lot away from them. They are working two jobs trying to make ends meet. $50 for each of them would be $100...assuming the exam was $50. They just don't have the money.