Book a Optometrist near me

If you’re in need of a family optometrist in Cairns you want to have your children’s eyes tested so they don’t have any troubles with school wok, an optometry practice affiliated with your private health insurance optical cover so you can get you glasses or contact lenses on a budget, or a Cairns optometrist specialising in correctie procedures such as Ortho-K or Lasik, then the easiest and fastest way to find the help you need online is through MyHealth1st. It doesn’t matter where you are - if you are around Cairns, MyHealth1st can help you find the right optometrist near you. Cairns is full of optometry practices, and MyHealth1st is the best place to search for and book appointments with them. Medicare offers a $57.70 rebate on eye exams, and many optometry practices don’t charge any more for an exam so they are effectively bulk billed. Optometry practices around Cairns understand that price counts, so many work with private health insurers, such as HCF, BUPA, Medibank, nib, HBF, Australian Unity, Teachers Health, GMHBA, Defence Health, CBHS to help you get the best bang for your buck from your eye health insurance. Depending on the practice, health insurers may offer to double their standard rebate for affiliated optometrists, fully cover new glasses every year and the like. What this means is that although corrective lenses aren’t covered by Medicare, your private health insurance might cover a larger proportion of your optometry bill if you book an appointment with an optical practice they are affiliated with. Check with your private health insurer to see if they offer any special deals with affiliated optometrists. Any problems you may have with your eyes, from dry eyes, styes, and eye strain through to conditions such as myopia, astigmatism, colour vision deficiency, glaucoma, age related macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy, MyHealth1st is the fastest and easiest way to search for and book appointments with optometry practices in Cairns. To find out more about the kinds of eye health issues that can be treated by an optometrist in Cairns, simply click one of the links below.