Warning: FEDVIP and parents of college-age dependents

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We picked up my spouses Vision & Dental only plan for them

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Anonymous wrote:VSP is basically a waste. You are required to go to certain providers who give you a "free" exam, but then you pay exorbitant prices for glasses and contacts. Just go to Costco for your eye exam, then buy your contacts and glasses online. Even if you need to try on glasses before you buy, many online sites now allow that or you could go to a Warby Parker store. You'll still come out ahead versus paying for the VSP plan then going to a VSP provider for your contacts and glasses.

I have VSP and while I have to use the VSP provider for an eye exam, I don't have to use them for contact lens benefit. I buy my glasses online, which is pretty cheap (less than Warby Parker). It's not mandatory to buy glasses and contact lenses from the VSP provider.

If you have a VSP provider that willingly hands over the prescription after the eye exam, please share the name. Sure, they're legally required to do it but that doesn't mean they actually will.

I go to a doctor I like at Pearl Vision in Wheaton then take the Rx to Costco.

Wow Pearl Vision is still around