If your health insurance coverage includes ancillary coverage, then you might get some help with the costs of prescription glasses and contact lenses. For example, your policy might give you a no-gap payment option. If you don't have no-gap coverage, then you have to fund the difference between the actual cost of your glasses or lenses and the amount your insurer pays towards them. If you have no-gap coverage, then your insurance company pays the full cost based on your policy's terms and conditions. [Read More]

Some people think they need only visit an optometrist if they find it difficult to focus on distant objects or may strain to read a book under normal conditions. Yet, while this expert can certainly prescribe glasses or contact lenses to correct typical vision errors, there are many other reasons to schedule a visit in order to maintain the best eye health. For example, did you know that an optometrist can check for hypertension in your eyes? [Read More]

For many people, laser eye surgery is a big step towards regaining independence from glasses or contact lenses. Rather than carrying around heavy glass frames and bulky contact lenses in their pockets, they carry around sleek glasses and contacts that are in their purse or travel case.  While laser eye surgery has been becoming more and more of a popular choice, the misconceptions about it have also been gaining more and more attention. [Read More]

Children have a variety of different specialised needs that separate them from their adult counterparts, which is why there are whole branches of medicine specifically aimed at treating children's needs. They are still growing and developing many of their most basic faculties, so it is important that any medical care takes that into consideration. Nowhere is this more obvious than at a children's optometrist. Here are a few reasons why a children's optometrist is so different from their adult variants and why that matters for your child's eyecare moving forward. [Read More]