Do you have a flexible spending account? It’s like a health savings account. It’s a program that lets you earmark money for specific healthcare expenses. If you’re not sure whether you have a flexible spending account, call your insurance company and check with them. If you do have a flexible spending account, you can use that money to purchase prescription eyewear, including prescription sunglasses, at Atlantis Vision Center in Melbourne, Florida. Other items include glasses with or without lenses, reading glasses, contact lenses and their cleaning and storage solutions. Another fact to keep in mind is that these flexible spending account funds can be used for prescription eyewear, even if you do not have vision insurance. You can even use …show more content…
If you have your papillary distance (PD), great! Please bring it. Otherwise we can measure it in the store. If you prescription has expired, Atlantis Vision Center offers eye exams. Just book an appointment at your earliest convenience. And you’ll want to come to Atlantis Vision Center soon, because the funds you’ve accrued in your flexible spending account will expire on December 31st. However, you may be able to carry $500 of unused flexible spending account dollars from this year into next year, depending on your employer. So, if you have a flex spending account, now’s the time of year when you need to use it or lose it. And if you didn’t know the eye doctor is a qualified spending location, you do now! It’s true. Again, contact lenses, glasses, sunglasses all qualify for flex spending dollars. And just think, the holidays will be here before you can say “ho ho ho.” So, consider giving the gift of glasses. The gift of a new pair of glasses or sunglasses is a gift that keeps on giving every day of the year. You’ll appear generous in their eyes, and since you have to use the money now before you lose it next year, it’s really not costing you much of