Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefers to keep that blurry

Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by kmonsen on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @12:22AM (#33527772)

Doesn’t all fsa account cover glasses? Pretty easy to use that for pre tax dollars on eyeware. You can spend it wherever you want.

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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:08AM (#33528336)

Vision insurance will typically be subsidized by the employer around 50% or more, so it could still be more expensive to not use the vision insurance.

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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by bombcar on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @08:48AM (#33531527)

The crappy "vision insurance" we got "for free" was still more expensive out of pocket than a Walmart optometrist visit + 5 pairs from Zenni.

It's entirely a racket; would be like selling oil change insurance.

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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by LorenPechtel on Thursday November 10, 2022 @05:26PM (#33554464)

Not all of us have FSAs. We're both self-employed, no FSA money.

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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by yencabulator on Saturday November 12, 2022 @10:48AM (#33574137)

You know, the kind of health care self-employed people are more likely to have (high deductible) is more likely to qualify for HSA -- and an HSA is great because it's like a pre-tax extra IRA allowance if you don't use it for healthcare.

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