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Richard Eisenberg

Does Medicare cover cataract surgery? What you need to know

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Once you hit your 60s, the odds increase of needing cataract surgery to fix cloudiness in the lens of your eye and blurry vision. If you have cataract surgery, the cataract will be replaced with a new and artificial one. The result: clear vision.

But if you need cataract surgery after 65 and incur related costs, will Medicare cover this?

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