How patients pay for refractive lens exchange varies meaningfully by age cohort. Younger patients (under 45) — who more often pursue RLE as an alternative to LASIK rather than for presbyopia — lean more heavily on medical financing plans. Patients over 60 are more likely to pay out of pocket or use HSA/FSA funds accumulated over time.
This data is drawn from an original Refractive Insights consumer survey rather than a public dataset — see our methodology page for survey sampling details.
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