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EyeMed

U.S. vision-benefits plan; described in 2012 as owned by Luxottica.

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Luxottica 2012 Primary record 1 2
As CBS reported in 2012 and as the FTC described Luxottica in 2018.

60 Minutes “Sticker Shock” (2012) insurer named as part of Luxottica Scholarship & press 1

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Sticker shock: Why are glasses so expensive? (60 Minutes script, first aired 7 October 2012, rebroadcast 15 June 2014), CBS News, 15 Jun 2014. Scholarship & press
Luxottica also owns the nation's second largest vision-care plan: EyeMed, covering eye exams and glasses.
You'd think well, surely insurance companies covering vision would complain.
Statement of the Federal Trade Commission concerning the proposed acquisition of Luxottica Group S.p.A. by Essilor International (FTC File No. 171-0060), Federal Trade Commission, 1 Mar 2018. Primary record Archived copy
It is also the second-largest managed vision care provider in the United States.

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