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For a second I thought this was one of my friends. He had his eyes removed due to a medical reason (already blind). He recently had to go to a vision doctor and take a vision test. To confirm to his insurance that he was indeed, blind.


I have no eyes and I must take a vision test to prove I'm blind.


I would hope that "any physician taking one look at you in the waiting room" would be a sufficient test.


"Cover your left eye .... look straight at that chart and tell me what the third line from the bottom says ..."


Regulatory capture.




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