{"id":7828,"date":"2016-07-12T14:25:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T18:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=7828"},"modified":"2016-08-25T11:15:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T15:15:13","slug":"the-eyes-have-it-vision-coverage-for-as-little-as-11-40-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2016\/07\/the-eyes-have-it-vision-coverage-for-as-little-as-11-40-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eyes Have It! &#8211; Vision Coverage for as little as $11.40 a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bigstock-The-patient-during-an-eye-exam-104892098-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The patient during an eye examination at the eye clinic\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bigstock-The-patient-during-an-eye-exam-104892098-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bigstock-The-patient-during-an-eye-exam-104892098-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bigstock-The-patient-during-an-eye-exam-104892098-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \>Did you know that regardless of your age or health, routine eye exams are an important part of practicing preventive health care?\u00a0 Even if you think your eyes are in great shape, an eye exam can help your doctor see potential problems you may not even notice.\u00a0 Unfortunately, many ACA health insurance plans do not offer vision\u00a0benefits for routine eye exams, frames, lenses or contacts, which can leave you with a gap in coverage and a big out of pocket expense.\u00a0 Having a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">vision insurance plan <\/a>can assist you in maintaining routine eye care and will even help pay for contacts and glasses should you need them.<\/p>\n<p>Eye exams are especially important for young children because they can help ensure that eyes are developing normally and can\u00a0assist\u00a0parents in identifying any problems with vision a young child may have, but not be able to express.\u00a0 In addition, during a comprehensive eye exam, your eye doctor will not only determine if you need prescription glasses or contacts, but also check for diseases of the eye such as glaucoma.<\/p>\n<p>For as little as $11.40 a month, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">make sure your eyes are covered <\/a>and can save hundreds of dollars on contacts, glasses and more. \u00a0A vision plan is a smart and inexpensive way to protect one of your most important assets &#8211; your eyes!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For more information on North Carolina insurance coverage, please visit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.nchealthplans.com <\/a>or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our experienced and professional agents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that regardless of your age or health, routine eye exams are an important part of practicing preventive health care?\u00a0 Even if you think your eyes are in great shape, an eye exam can help your doctor see potential problems you may not even notice.\u00a0 Unfortunately, many ACA health insurance plans do not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[907],"tags":[910,670,908,909],"class_list":["post-7828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vision-insurance","tag-eye-exams","tag-pediatric-vision","tag-vision-insurance","tag-vision-plans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7828"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8085,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828\/revisions\/8085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}