Golly.
I think my mother had five people in the house in glasses at any one time when we were growing up. It’s a good thing they “only” cost $25 a pop. My dad was making a whopping $2.75 an hour, feeding eight people and keeping up two households. I have no idea how it was done.
And then I think of how much I had to pay when I was working and had excellent health insurance coverage. Something I don’t think my dad ever had.
The word has gone out in the optometry profession to prescribe blue-blocker lenses for youth because they’re on screens all the time. And it’s insured.