In the Boston Globe‘s (9/9) Managing Your Money column, Cheryl Costa wrote that medical flexible spending accounts (FSAs) cover “eligible healthcare expenses,” such as “office visit co-payments and glasses/contact lenses.” In addition, FSAs cover “Braille books and magazines, guide dogs for the blind,” and “laser eye surgery,” which is often not covered by health-insurance plans. “For a full list of eligible expenses,” eye-related or otherwise, “check out IRS Publication 502,” Costa advised.
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p502/index.html
Eyeglasses (and contacts and eye examination fees)
You can include in medical expenses amounts you pay for eyeglasses and contact lenses needed for medical reasons. You can also include fees paid for eye examinations.
Medicines
You can include in medical expenses amounts you pay for prescribed medicines and drugs. A prescribed drug is one that requires a prescription by a doctor for its use by an individual. You can also include amounts you pay for insulin. Except for insulin, you cannot include in medical expenses amounts you pay for a drug that is not prescribed.
Medical Services
You can include in medical expenses amounts you pay for legal medical services provided by:
Physicians,
Surgeons,
Specialists, or
Other medical practitioners.
Nutritional Supplements
if they are recommended by a medical practitioner as treatment for a specific medical condition diagnosed by a physician.