Golden Rule Insurance Company Vision Insurance Review
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UnitedHealthcare, Golden Rule Insurance Company offers a wide selection of health insurance products for individuals and employers. This includes medical, accidental, disability, life, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and vision insurance. Its vision insurance is available either as a supplemental or standalone policy.
Services and Features
Vision insurance from Golden Rule is available either as a standalone plan or as additional rider to an existing dental insurance plan. As a standalone plan, it can be customized, allowing you to select covered items such as glasses, contacts, or both. However, both plans give you access to vision care benefits such as allowances for prescription glasses, routine eye exams, and discounts on other vision services.
Golden Rule vision plans have no waiting periods, offer coverage for all ages, cover out-of-network treatments, and offer big savings through its large, national network of eyewear and vision service providers.
Network providers are categorized into three areas: full service, exam only, and dispense only. Full service providers cover eye examinations and discounted prescription eyewear. Eye exam only is for discounted eye examinations, while dispense only is for discounts on prescription eyewear.
Golden Rule’s vision care plans and pricing vary according to an applicant’s gender, age, location, and smoking habits. If you get a yearly eye examinations from an in-network provider, you only have to pay the copay amount under the vision plan. However, if you get a yearly eye exam from an out-of-network provider, the plan will only pay a flat fee allowance towards the bill and you are responsible to pay the rest. Therefore, the total cost is still less with a vision plan from Golden Rule. Coverage may also include frames, lenses, and contacts.
Covered Items |
|
Glasses |
✔ |
Contacts |
✔ |
Eye Examinations |
✔ |
LASIK |
✗ |
Allowances |
There may be an allowance that can go towards: Single Vision, Bifocal, Trifocal/Lenticular, Eye Exams, Frames, Non-Selection Contacts |
Lens Options |
|
Scratch Resistance |
Included |
UV Coating |
Not Stated |
Anti-Glare |
Not Stated |
Polycarbonate |
Not Stated |
Tinted/Colored |
Not Stated |
Types of Vision Plans |
|
Individual |
✔ |
Family Plan |
✔ |
Stand-alone Plans |
✔ |
Preferred Provider Organizations |
✔ |
Employer Provider |
✗ |
Health Maintenance Organizations |
✗ |
Network |
|
Out-of-Network Coverage |
✔ |
Size of Network |
Not Stated |
Find Doctors Online |
✔ |
Pricing |
|
Plan Name |
Plan A |
Co-payment – Exam |
$10 |
Co-Payment - Glasses |
$10 |
Premium |
Not Stated |
Coverage Period |
|
Waiting Time |
No Waiting Period |
Enrollment |
Online Enrollment |
Cancellation |
Not Stated |
Customer Resources |
|
Eye Exam Locations |
Not Stated |
Online Account Management |
✔ |
Mobile App |
✗ |
Phone |
✔ |
|
✔ |
Vision Insurance From Golden Rule Insurance Company
Golden Rule’s vision insurance is available either as a supplement or standalone policy. There are no waiting periods and it is available for all ages. Discounts and savings are not limited to in-network providers but also to non-network eye care specialists.
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Freedom to go out-of-network
- No waiting periods
- Coverage for people of all ages
- Must make a 12-month commitment to coverage