This article explains the high cost of glasses and contact lenses, and gives ideas on how to reduce the cost. From the article: "Millions of individuals wear corrective lenses, whether for distance or close-up vision correction, and some 35 million Americans are contact lens wearers. Though vision correction is a necessary fact of life for many, if you are one of the millions of corrective lens wearers, you know that it is an expensive fact." However, there are ways to save. For example, "It might surprise you to learn that you could save $50 to $100 or more on the same lenses by waiting a few days while another optician orders your lenses."