In Reply to: Prescript glasses and hearing aid costs? posted by Tuberose on Monday, 26. September 2005 at 15:52 Bali Time:
We have received our info from Dongirl this week. She paid $473.00 for an internal hearing aid. She was quoted $2000 here in Australia. We have been quoted $4,000 each ( I need both) HBF will pay us $650. for the first and $325.00 for the second. Well worth a try for us. Dongirl said that they are made in Jakarta and takes about 8 days. We leave for Bali on Wednesday this week and return 8th Oct. I will definitely do a posting with as much info as I can for anyone that is interested.
As for prescription glasses they are much cheaper in Bali than Aus. We bought Titanium (spelling?) frames with lenses in Bali for about A$200. Here we were quoted $600-$700. Hbf only reimburses a fixed amount which was approx $165.00 per pair per year per person covered under the policy. They took approx 4 days therefore your friend could get both organised if they took a trip for approx 10 days.
Good luck