For most employers, vision benefits have been a check the box, offering for over 50 years because there has been little to no innovation. Employees typically choose between two fairly standard plans, with limited coverage, and may never take advantage of them at all, despite the fact that you’re paying between $5 and $25 per month to offer the coverage.
As a result, a small fraction of your workforce uses its vision benefits to obtain glasses or contacts each year. What’s worse, employees looking to leverage your benefits for preventative but elective eyewear can’t even use your benefits at all, since those elective eyewear choices aren’t covered by traditional plans.
