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Medicare's paying less for cataract surgery. Eye doctors are turning to moneymaking lasers.

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More cataract patients, wanting not only restored but improved vision, are paying extra for their doctors to use a laser when a scalpel would do.

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Medicare's paying less for cataract surgery. Eye doctors are turning to moneymaking lasers.

More cataract patients, wanting not only restored but improved vision, are paying extra for their doctors to use a laser when a scalpel would do.

·New York, United States
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CBS News broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
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