I'm probably not the best one to offer advice since I was highly myopic all my life, so not all of the lens options were available to me. Because of this I was not a candidate for Multifocal lens implants, so I went with Single-Focus lens implants set for far distance in both eyes.
I now have 20/20 distant vision. I do need reading glasses for close up work, but I find that it's not an issue. For flying I have a pair of those
stick-on readers on my sunglasses set perfectly for the RV-8's panel.
The website below (from the company who did my surgery) has a lot of good info on the whole process and the lens implant options offered.
http://www.pcli.com/treatment_for_cataracts/cataract_surgery
Note that the FAA has different waiting periods before flying again after surgery: for Single-focus lenses (~ 3 weeks for proper healing) and Multifocal lenses (minimum of 3 months to allow for accommodation to the multi-focal lenses). My Ophthalmologist had no problem filling out the FAA form "
Report of Eye Evaluation" attesting to my successful surgery, healing, and resulting vision. He cleared me for flying about 2.5 weeks after I had each eye done. At my next FAA physical, my AME accepted the FAA form "
Report of Eye Evaluation" as completed by my Ophthalmologist.
See this AOPA article:
https://www.aopa.org/go-fly/medical.../intraocular-lens-implants-cataracts-contacts
Not sure exactly how this would work with BasicMed.
Hope this helps.