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VISION CARE PLANS AND DETAILS
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This benefit provides
you with additional insurance coverage.
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Maximum
Benefit |
Option
1 |
No
Coverage |
Option
2 |
$150/24
months |
Option
3 |
$250/24
months |
Option
4 |
$350/24
months |
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Making
Choices: |
You must decide
whether you want coverage under this benefit. Some restrictions
apply (see Standard Operating Procedures on page 5).
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Tax
Facts: |
This
coverage is a non-taxable benefit (Except in Quebec).. |
Coverage
Level: |
Choose
the coverage level from the drop down box by selecting Option 1, 2,
3 or 4.
Payment Method: Flex Dollars, payroll deduction or combination. |
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The following is a
further description of some of the specific elements of your Vision Care
plan. If you have further questions about the coverages offered under
each option contact your Human Resources department.
Benefit |
- This benefit
provides coverage for lenses and frames for eyeglasses, contact
lenses or laser eye surgery limited to the maximum benefit per
eligible insured person in any period of 24 consecutive months.
- Medically
required contact lenses prescribed for severe corneal astigmatism,
severe corneal scarring, Keratoconus (orical cornea) or Aphakia,
provided visual acuity can be improved to at least the 20/40 level
by contact lenses but cannot be improved to that level by spectacle
lenses. Limited to a maximum benefit of $200 in any 24 consecutive
months.
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Changing Options |
- You may only
move up or down one Option per year. Once enrolled in an Option
you can only opt out by moving down to Option 2 first and then
out (i.e. if in Option 4 you must change to Option 3 for a year;
then Option 2 for a year; and then out).
- If you elect
to opt out of Vision Care coverage you will only be able to come
into the plan at the lowest benefit Option (Option 2).
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Eye Exams |
- One examination
up to a maximum of $35 in each consecutive 24 month period (12
months for dependents under 18 years old).
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Termination of Benefit |
- Age 70 or
earlier retirement.
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