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As far as I know, at least in BC, your Rx is your property and your right to have and take elsewhere.
It wasn’t always this way iirc. A lot of shops before 20 years ago or so would act like in your example.
What a scummy way to act. I paid 220 dollars for the exam, I think I should 'own' the output. Especially since it is literally my personal health data.
I'll poke around to see if I have any recourse.
Wow. That's insane. I pay about $100 US ($140 CAD) to get my eyes examine at the independent optometrist in my local Costco, and about $150 is I also want contacts.
Good call. I imagine it’s different provincially, but that shit is yours and you paid for it. A physicians office has no right to force you to their pharmacy nor should an optometrist have rights to your post-script sales.
Shit was like that in BC. But when Costco, Clearly Contacts, and similar came along it started to become absurd. I mean, I get why, but it also showed the chasm in costs and selection.
FYI
In BC I pay about $190 for a comprehensive exam minus about $45 paid by the provincial health plan, so it comes to about $145.
Other exams might be more and that didn't include a prescription.
A few years ago a partial exam with a contacts prescription was $45 (75 - 30) and included them emailing me my prescription, tailored to the contacts I liked to buy from a third party.
I would think, you went and paid for his services as an optometrist to diagnose your problem and give you a prescription. Buying your glasses is a seperate service.