“Surprisingly, stand-alone vision plans, like VSP Vision Care and Eyemed, have not yet been included in the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange when care begins on Jan. 1, 2014. If these plans are not permitted to participate when the exchange begins or at any future point, millions of people in our state could be forced to find new eye doctors,” writes Joel Roffer, a Farmington optometrist, in the Hartford Business Journal. “With such major changes affecting our healthcare delivery model, it's more important than ever that we urge our Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange Board to recognize the benefits of vision care and the importance of protecting consumer choice with the inclusion of stand-alone vision plans.” Read more.
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