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Vision
care coverage promotes:
- Greater
productivity
- Employees
who see well can do their best work better and more efficiently
- Employee
morale and retention
 A
recent study reported in Business and Health magazine showed
vision coverage is such a popular benefit that nearly two-thirds of
respondents would trade a vacation day for and employer-paid vision
care plan. Vision coverage can also help employee relations when there
are changes to a benefits program.
Consider
the following statistics:
- More
than 77 million, or nearly 60 percent, of all adults in the U.S.
wear some form of prescriptive lenses, according to the Vision
Council of America.
- Sight
was ranked as the most important of the five senses by 80 percent
of Americans surveyed, noted an article in the November/December,
1996 issue of Health Care Innovations.
- The
Department of Health and Human Services lists eye problems as
the third leading chronic condition restricting activity and efficiency
in our nation.
As
you can see, vision care is a much-needed, popular and valuable
benefit. And unlike major medical and dental coverage, vision coverage
is an extremely affordable benefit that generally represents a small
percent of a total benefits budget.
There
are many vision care providers who offer various styles of plans.
The major characteristics of the plans are as follows:
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Exams:
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Generally
once every 12 months |
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Frames:
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Option
of every 12 or 24 months |
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Lenses:
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Option
of every 12 or 24 months |
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