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Choosing Eyeglass Frames—A Guide to Selecting The Perfect Glasses
Most of the guides you’ll find about choosing eyeglass frames get into face shape, skin tone, and personality. This one will too. Clearly, eyeglasses make a fashion statement and selecting a style is the fun part of the process.
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However, assuming you’re getting prescription glasses to address your vision issues, the first thing you should consider is your prescription.
What’s your prescription?
You’re only going to love your eyeglasses if they give you the best possible vision. So it’s important to realize certain shapes and materials are better than others and these depend on the type and strength of your prescription.
Smart Shopping: Use Your HSA and FSA Funds to Buy Eyewear
You have an HSA or FSA account. Were you aware it can be applied to buy prescription eyewear? The end of the year—or the tax year—may be the ideal time to look at spending your HSA or FSA funds on “qualified expenses.”
Remember, you don’t want to spend the funds on non-qualified items because you could be responsible for a 20% penalty. Here’s what does and doesn’t qualify.
Eyewear and services for correcting your vision are classified as a “medical product” and can therefore be purchased with an HSA or FSA:
- Prescription eyeglasses
- Prescription sunglasses
- Contact lenses
- Eye examinations and eye surgery
- Reading glasses
You can’t use an HSA or FSA to buy:
- Non-prescription eyeglasses (except reading glasses)
- Non-prescription sunglasses
- Insurance premiums
- Non-prescription colored contact lenses
