You just pay for it is the cost of glasses. Do you really think you get something for free??? Advertising is an art form. Why should someone provide something for free???
This has been happening to physicians for years. Medicaid (not Medicare) would bundle a flu shot into an office vist if we gave a flu shot when we were seeing a patinet for a ear infection. Meaning we lost money giving the flu shot. So we had to inconvience our patients and tell them to come back at a different day for their flu shot so we could get payed. The.gov knows how to play the game.
You did not understand my post, and have re-stated the obvious. Of course nothing is free. The POINT IS: you are going to spend money on glasses, and the business is HIGHLY COMPETITIVE. You can get a very reasonable deal on the refraction exam and the glasses. And, packaged that way, the exam is much less expensive that one performed by an opthamologist.