Monday, January 30, 2006

I Must Have Dreamt I Had Vision Insurance


It was a sad state of affairs when I went to the eye doctor over the weekend. Let me give you some background...my company switched insurance providers, from VSP to EyeMed. Seemed innocent enough at the time. But then at the eye doctor I was told that the lenses and frames that I picked would run almost $500! Granted, it was a spiffy pair of rimless frames, close to what Steve Jobs is wearing in this picture from Forbes. But anti-reflective coating alone, which I need since my strong prescription results in a very curved lense, ran $99 (it used to be covered). And the lenses themselves were another $99 (meaning I was at $200 on lenses alone), and then the EyeMed only covered $92 of the frame's cost! With the quickness, I was like "just pop the new lenses in my old frames." So much for keeping up with the times. Next year my vision insurance will probably consist of a coupon for half off a magnifying glass. To boot, I'm sure medical will merely be a box of band-aids and some rubbing alcohol.

Anyway, I'd planned on getting a pair of circular glasses, in a nice medium size since the large lenses I prefer are out of vogue (hey, I like actually having peripheral vision, which you don't get with these teeny lenses these days). What are some cool glasses that you're wearing?

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