Vision Coverage for Your Whole Family in Greene County
Greene County is a small agricultural community in west-central Illinois centered on Carrollton — many residents buy vision coverage on their own.
Families buy vision coverage for two different groups: children and adults. Under the ACA, vision care is an essential health benefit for children but not for adults. Whatever health plan you pick through Get Covered Illinois, adult vision coverage is a separate decision in Greene County.
What Family Vision Plans Cover in Greene County
Every person on a family vision plan gets a separate set of benefits, usually a yearly exam plus an allowance for frames or contact lenses, so one child’s new glasses don’t use up a parent’s allowance.
Take PremierVision, which Daniel places: $0 for an in-network exam, $10 for lenses and frames, a $150 frame allowance or a $200 contact lens allowance each 12 months, on the Spectera Eyecare Network. The vision insurance guide covers the out-of-network amounts too.
School-age children are the strongest case for yearly exams: the American Optometric Association recommends one before first grade and annually through school, since kids seldom notice or report blurry vision.
Adult Vision vs. Pediatric Vision Coverage in Illinois
Children on a Marketplace health plan already have vision coverage, because pediatric vision is an essential health benefit; the adults don’t, and need a separate vision plan.
Adult vision coverage is normally bought on its own rather than through Get Covered Illinois, and Daniel can set it up for you. It isn’t tied to Open Enrollment, so you can buy it in any month. Use the ZIP code form below and Daniel will send you the vision options for your address.
A vision plan pays for routine eye care, not emergencies. An eye injury or sudden vision loss that takes you to an emergency department is a health insurance claim. In Greene County, Medicare’s hospital directory lists one hospital with emergency services: Thomas H Boyd Memorial Hospital. One of the county’s hospitals is a critical access hospital, the small rural facilities Medicare designates to keep emergency care close.
Call (713) 575-9904 and Daniel will price the vision plans available at your Greene County ZIP code and check the network for your family.