{"id":8390,"date":"2016-12-05T17:04:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T22:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=8390"},"modified":"2016-11-21T13:36:19","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T18:36:19","slug":"nc-health-insurance-get-vision-coverage-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2016\/12\/nc-health-insurance-get-vision-coverage-now\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Health Insurance &#8211; Get Vision Coverage Now!"},"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 most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">health insurance plans<\/a> do not cover routine eye exams, glasses or contact lenses?\u00a0\u00a0If you recently enrolled or intend to enroll a health plan for 2017, you may want to consider adding a vision plan.\u00a0 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 notice.\u00a0 Unfortunately, many ACA health insurance plans do not offer vision coverage and this can leave you with a big gap in coverage and a lot of potential out-of-pocket costs.\u00a0 Having a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/vision-insurance-nc\/\" 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\/vision-insurance-nc\/\" 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!<\/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 most health insurance plans do not cover routine eye exams, glasses or contact lenses?\u00a0\u00a0If you recently enrolled or intend to enroll a health plan for 2017, you may want to consider adding a vision plan.\u00a0 Regardless of your age or health, routine eye exams are an important part of practicing preventive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,907],"tags":[970,791,908],"class_list":["post-8390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-vision-insurance","tag-nc-vision-plans","tag-vision-coverage","tag-vision-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8390","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=8390"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8407,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8390\/revisions\/8407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}