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Use Your FSA Funds
Before It’s Too Late
If you are one of the estimated 3 million participants in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) program, you understand the savings potential of putting pre-tax funds into an account for use on medical expenses not covered by insurance. However, your funds may be forfeited if not used by the end of the year.
You can use FSA money to pay for a variety of expenses, including those associated with eye care and eyewear expenses. Money from the FSA can be applied toward your out-of-pocket costs for eye exams, prescription glasses or contact lenses (including upgrades).
If you haven’t had your annual eye exam, consider taking advantage of your FSA dollars and schedule one before the end of the year. If used wisely, FSAs can save you significant money on health-related costs. Plus, AAA members save 30 percent* on eye exams and complete pair eyewear at LensCrafters, Sears Optical, Pearle Vision and Target Optical. AAA makes it easy for you to take care of your eyes—just show your AAA membership card and save.
Visit AAA.com/Save for more information.
*Valid AAA membership required. Discount off tag price. Valid on multiple pairs. Frame and lenses purchase with valid prescription required. Cannot be combined with any other offer, previous purchases, or vision and insurance plans. Some restrictions apply. Some brands excluded. See store for details. Void where prohibited. Valid at participating locations. Eye exams available by Independent Doctors of Optometry at or next to LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, Sears Optical and Target Optical. Doctors in some states are employed by the location.
If Not for Yourself, Stop Smoking for Others
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Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar, as well as the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers. It is involuntarily inhaled by nonsmokers, lingers in the air hours after cigarettes have been extinguished, and can cause or exacerbate a wide range of adverse health effects, including cancer, respiratory infections and asthma.
Here are some facts:
- Secondhand smoke exposure causes disease and premature death in children and adults who do not smoke. Secondhand smoke contains hundreds of chemicals known to be toxic or carcinogenic, including formaldehyde, benzene, vinyl chloride, arsenic, ammonia and hydrogen cyanide.
- Secondhand smoke causes almost 50,000 deaths in adult nonsmokers in the United States each year, including approximately 3,400 from lung cancer and up to 69,600 from heart disease.
- Secondhand smoke is especially harmful to young children. Secondhand smoke is responsible for between 150,000 and 300,000 lower respiratory tract infections in infants and children under 18 months of age.
Quitting smoking is the best solution to avoiding sharing dangerous secondhand smoke with others.
Information and statistics provided by the American Lung Association®.