I'm surprised that noone is blaming the health insurance and opticians for these prices. In France when we need glasses we have to get a presciption and we can

I'm surprised that noone is blaming the health insurance and opticians for these prices. In France when we need glasses we have to get a presciption and we can choose the glasses at the optician. The thing is that the optician will not give you a price for a pair until you have given your health insurance details, which allows him to know how much you will get reimbursed. And surprise surprise, the pair of glasses you chose is coincidentally just 5€ cheaper than the max limit paid by your insurance.