Posted by M.S. on May 4, 2009
Did you know that one of the largest profit centers of an eye doctor’s business is the sales of glasses and contact? In this day of reduced insurance company reimbursements, eye doctors are looking for profits wherever they can– and selling new glasses and contacts is a cash cow!
Several years ago I had the good fortune to run into a man that had worked as an optometrist at the large ophthalmology practice where I had my vision tested each year. He told me that the lab that fabricated the glasses ordered through this fancy eye doctor’s office was the exact same lab that made glasses for the vision centers at Wal-Mart!
Before this conversation, I had always pictured a minimum wage Wal-Mart employee sitting in a back room, piecing together the item most important to my eyesight– my glasses. I thought I would be compromising my precious vision if I ordered glasses from a place like that– just so I could save money! Not So!
Now that I know my glasses are being made in the same way at the same place as the the fancy eye doctors office orders–I only get my glasses from Wal-Mart. The last time I ordered a new pair of glasses, they were 40% less than what the fancy office had quoted me for the identical product! Wow! I also order my brand name contact lenses from Wal-Mart for the same reason!
It is the law that you are entitled to your vision prescriptions, so you can take it anywhere you want to have it filled. Get your eyes tested by the ophthalmologist at the doctor’s office, then order the glasses elsewhere. The lovely people at the vision center will even adjust them if they ever become loose!
Invest the money you save, so YOU get richer–NOT your eye doctor!
Posted by M.S. on May 3, 2009
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the bestselling author and health expert on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” came to North Carolina recently to raise money and awareness for a local health clinic.
According to the Charlotte Observer Dr. Oz said ” The reason we cost 50 percent more to care for than Europeans is because we’re 50 percent sicker. We need to walk more, eat high-fiber, high-protein breakfasts, get more vitamin D and omega-3 and trim our waists, he said, rattling off dozens more health tips.”
2/3 of Americans are either overweight or obese and it is getting worse! “Forty percent of our kids will be diabetics if we don’t do something about this!” Dr. Oz said. Forty percent!
The line that struck me was this one: “Are you willing to admit that your life is so out of control that you can’t carve out 20 minutes a day for a workout?”
People that take care of their bodies have much lower health care costs and take less medicine– so they have more money!
A woman recently told me her doctor scolded her at her latest checkup and said “If you don’t want to have to pay for expensive blood pressure medicine, cholesterol pills and diabetes treatments, and possibly end up in an expensive nursing home, then stop treating your body like a garbage can!”
There are many parallels between taking care of our physical health and taking care of our financial health. It is actually very simple. Eat less and exercise more. Spend less and save more.
When you love yourself enough to treat your body well, you also will treat yourself well financially and believe that you are worthy of being financially secure.
Start today and do a little something in both these areas to make some progress. Go for a little walk, choose not to buy one small item and save that money.
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