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Re:How badly are we being ripped off on eyewear? Former indu... by mrfredward on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @02:13PM (#19313246)
>my budget (read: insurance)

I wonder to what extent the presence of insurance in the mix has made things worse. Markets never work particularly well when the entity paying and the entity choosing the product aren't the same. Textbooks (vs normal books) come to mind as an obvious example of this.

Re:How badly are we being ripped off on eyewear? Former indu... by kps on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @04:14PM (#19314318)
Luxottica also owns the ‘insurance’ provider EyeMed.