Although millions of Americans use some form of correctivelenses to see, when employers break out their vision plans as anancillary benefit, the rates at which employees sign up for and usethe plans drops dramatically.

For example, in 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 42percent of employees at large employers took advantage of ancillarydental plans, but only 16 percent participated in ancillary visionplans.

This is at least partially because many companies don't offerstand-alone vision plans at the same rate they offer dental ones;that same study showed 50 percent of large employers offered astand-alone dental plan vs. 19 percent that offered vision plans.Clearly, many employers don't see the value in offering stand-alonevision coverage for employees, and it's increasingly rare to findan overall health plan that also covers vision.

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