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Q. What is the vision benefit? Does it include eye exams? Does it include contact lenses? A. The vision benefit offers 10% to 60% discounts on eyewear and eye care at more than 12,000 optical locations throughout the United States. Providers include national optical chains such as LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, EyeMasters, JCPenney, and Sears as well as regional chains and thousands of independent practitioners. Often many participating locations offer discounts of 10% on eye exams for both eye glasses and contact lenses. Additionally, the ophthalmology portion of the network offers 10% to 30% discounts on eye exams and surgical procedures, including the popular laser surgeries in select markets. On average, members receive a 20% discount on replacement contact lenses (excluding disposable lenses) at retail locations. Members may elect to use the mail order service to purchase replacement contact lenses (including disposables) at a 10% to 40% discount. Q. Is Coast to Coast Vision™ (CTC) discount insurance? A. No. While an insured plan is available, CTC is a discount eyewear and eye care program. There is no paperwork. The participating retail optical locations will give the discount at the time of the purchase. Q. Can members use CTC if they already have vision insurance? A. Yes. In most cases CTC can be utilized to eliminate or reduce the deductible. Once the insurance benefit has been exhausted, members may use their discount to buy additional pairs of glasses or contacts. Q. Is there a limit on the number of times the benefit can be used? A. There is no limit on the number of times the member or family member can take advantage of the savings provided by CTC. Q. Does the CTC discount include family members? A. It includes the member, their spouse and all legal dependents. Q. What is included with CTC membership? A. Prescription glasses and contact lenses are discounted 20% to 60% in most cases. Eye exams and surgery are discounted 10% to 30% where available. Q. Why does the discount vary from 10% to 60%? A. Many variables go into the calculation of the discount such as market demographics, location, hours of operation, one-hour service capability and level of retail mark-up. Example - a chain provider in a major metropolitan mall, open seven days a week, 10 hours a day with an on-site lab, will more than likely have a different mark-up than an independent practitioner in a rural community. However, members will pay almost exactly the same price for the exact same materials regardless of where the purchase is made. Only the percentage of discount off retail may vary. Q. Can members receive the discount at any optical location? A. No. Members must go to an optical location that is contracted with Coast to Coast Vision™ to receive a discount. Our providers include national, regional and local chains as well as thousands of independent professionals. Q. What is a dispensing fee? A. The dispensing fee is the amount of money that is added to the provider's wholesale acquisition cost of materials. It is generally the only profit made by the provider on your purchase. Q. Is the eye exam discounted? A.

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