{"id":28118,"date":"2021-12-06T14:43:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T13:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/does-the-insurance-pay-for-laser-eye-surgery\/"},"modified":"2021-12-06T14:43:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T13:43:40","slug":"does-the-insurance-pay-for-laser-eye-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/does-the-insurance-pay-for-laser-eye-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the insurance pay for laser eye surgery?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mNWs2I--Fyc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>  In principle, statutory health insurance companies do not pay for <a href=\"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/augenlasern-wien\/\">laser eye treatment<\/a>.<br \/>\nHowever, there are a few exceptional cases where the statutory health insurance fund may pay something in addition.   <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is when the visual defect between the two eyes is different, in which case the difference must be at least three diopters, or if a visual defect is very high, then statutory health insurance companies can pay something in addition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  It is a little different with private health insurance companies.<br \/>\nIt depends on whether a co-payment is guaranteed or not, on the tariff you pay.<br \/>\nThere are health insurance companies that completely cover laser eye treatment, and there are health insurance companies that exclude laser eye treatment from their contract.<br \/>\nFor this reason, it is always a good idea to ask your health insurance company in writing before the procedure whether a co-payment or full coverage is provided.     <em>I cordially invite you to book an <a href=\"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/termin-buchen-wien\/\">appointment with EyeLaser<\/a>.<br \/>\nThis appointment can also be arranged online.<br \/>\nDuring this appointment, initial clarifications will be carried out and you will get to know our team personally.  <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does insurance cover the costs of laser eye surgery?<br \/>\nFind out under what circumstances you can request a subsidy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-augenlaser-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}