Health Insurance and Your Lenses

How many people do you know who give much thought to their lenses when thinking about health insurance?

There are so many health care options available on the market that
it confuses people. Companies have a wide variety of benefits they
offer employees and due to the recession many of those options are
being changed to be more advantageous to the company and not
necessarily the employee.

For example, many organizations are strongly encouraging their
workers to switch plans or fork over money out-of-pocket to cover the
deductible on existing plans. Another option is combining a high
deductible plan with a health saving account.

Of course health savings accounts are fairly popular because they
tend to serve two purposes. They’re a high deductible health insurance
plan combined with a tax deductible savings plan, the health savings
account. What this means for those interested in this is that a high
deductible insurance plan means the first $1,000 to $3,000 for any
medical service is paid for completely by the person with the plan.

There are some exceptions such as annual physicals and other
preventative care, which is covered with a small co-payment. The
deductible has to be paid in total before the insurance company kicks
money in. After that point however, you would not pay anything.

Now you might be thinking where on Earth would a company employee
get that kind of money to meet a deductible that high? That is where
the health savings plan comes into play. Internal Revenue has created
special accounts so that all contributions are totally tax free. That
means the funds in the account may be used to deal with any
health-related expense such as eyewear (your lenses), vision exams,
dental and yes, even acupuncture; not to mention any other services not
usually covered by your primary health provider.
Now here is a good tip to save some money. High deductible health plans
offer some really nice savings when compared to traditional plans. This
may mean your employer might use part of the difference to fund your
health savings account.

And one other hint that may come in handy is that you may be able to
use your health savings account to buy glasses online. This would be
applicable if your employer is contributing money to your savings
account. This would then mean glasses would cost nothing out-of-pocket
and their expense would go toward your deductible. So buy your glasses
online with your health savings debit card. What a great deal, tax free
eyewear for a really reasonable price.

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