They grow up fast!

Annual benefits are vital to maintaining a child’s overall health and wellness. Why? The rapid physical development children experience in just one year can cause children to outgrow their glasses and experience significant vision changes. If left untreated, vision issues may seriously impact a child’s overall development, which is why the KidsCare benefit is so important.

Why annual benefits for kids makes sense.

• Parents appreciate the financial security of having their children’s eye care needs met more frequently, potentially saving hundreds of dollars.
• Children are prone to losing, damaging and breaking glasses.
• Frame warranties typically cover only manufacturer defects and are good for just one year.

The benefits of KidsCare

Annual vision benefits are especially important in growing children because vision problems left untreated can seriously impact development. And, as we know, children are prone to losing, damaging or breaking their glasses.

• 80% of what children learn is through their eyes.¹
• 20% of preschoolers have a refractive error.²
• One in every four school-age children have vision problems that, if left untreated, can affect learning ability personality, and adjustment in school.³

Rapid physical development in even one year can cause children to outgrow their glasses and experience significant vision changes. Plus, parents appreciate the financial security of having their children’s eye care needs met more frequently, potentially saving them hundreds of dollars.

^{1American Optometric Association
2The Vision Council
3Prevent Blindness America}

Why Suncare?

While many people understand the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays cause skin cancer, only 6% know that UV rays can also harm the eyes. UV exposure can lead to the development of serious eye diseases, including tumors, cataracts and macular degeneration. These diseases can result in increased medical costs, lost productivity and drastic impacts to quality of life.

• 20% of all cataracts are caused by extended exposure to UV rays.⁴
• 80% of lifetime exposure to UV rays occurs by age 18.⁵
• 1.8 million Americans age 40 and older have macular degeneration and another 7.3 million are at risk of developing the eye disease.⁶

^{4World Health Organization
5Eye Didn’t Know That! Site, Transitions Optical, Inc, accessed April 2010
6Improving The Nation’s Vision Health: A Coordinated Public Health Approach, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006.}

How it works

Suncare encourages members to visit a provider for an annual eye exam. In addition to providing members with a frame allowance, Suncare also provides benefits to cover non-prescription sunglasses.

Members can then choose to use their frame allowance either toward regular glasses and lenses, or toward non-prescription sunglasses from their DeltaVision provider’s frame options.