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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by bluGill on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:07PM (#18982247)
Both Wal-Mart and Costco have fully independent optometrists: they lease the space and equipment and are not employees. (sometimes state laws don't allow this in which case they are employees)
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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by Scoundreller on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:07PM (#18985881)
I think it's the other way around. Most states don't allow optometrist clinics to be owned/controlled by non-optometrists.

When they do, Walmart/Costco may find it worthwhile to own/operate the clinic themselves.

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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by bluGill on Thursday January 24, 2019 @09:37AM (#18988993)
You could be right. The information I was able to find said otherwise, but that may well have been biased.
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