Use Your Benefits For Ortho-k
Want to start seeing the world more clearly in the new year? Make 2025 your year of perfect vision by considering a more effective and worthwhile way to correct your or your child’s nearsightedness.
Consider ortho-k (orthokeratology), a way to correct myopia that could give you or your child clear 20/20 vision. What’s more, it comes with certain financial advantages, as Ortho-k may be covered by insurance.
Why Use Your Benefits on Orthokeratology?
No matter whether your health fund benefits rolled over from last year or you’re just starting a new health savings account for 2025, now is the time to start planning where your benefits will go for the year.
Don’t ignore your vision and eye health. An investment in seeing clearly and comfortably pays off in numerous ways. Ortho-k provides a safe, non-surgical, non-invasive, and comfortable vision correction option and lets you take advantage of your benefits.
What is Orthokeratology?
Orthokeratology (Ortho-k), also known as corneal reshaping therapy, are custom-fit overnight lenses that gently mold your cornea into a shape that bends light correctly onto the retina. This allows you to have perfect vision without wearing glasses or contact lenses throughout the day.
Ortho-k Advantages for Adults
There are advantages to Ortho-k besides the convenience of not wearing glasses or contacts during the day. Glasses or contact lenses often don’t provide clear peripheral vision, something you will have with ortho-k. Ortho-k treatment is also safe and reversible. This means if you later want to have LASIK surgery to make your vision correction more permanent, you simply have to discontinue use of ortho-k lenses for a small period of time, and you’re ready to go!
Ortho-k Advantages for Children
For children, there is also the additional benefit of myopia management. Myopia usually worsens until around the age of 21, sometimes at an alarming speed. High levels of myopia, generally above -3.00 dioptres, can pose a higher risk of serious eye diseases later on in life that can lead to loss of vision.
Research has revealed that orthokeratology can slow down the progression of myopia, thus lowering the risks of developing macular degeneration, glaucoma, retinal detachment, and cataracts.
Are Ortho-k Lenses Covered By Insurance?
You may not have to pay entirely for orthokeratology out of your own pocket, as many Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA) can reimburse this kind of program. A Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) may at times also refund the ortho-k costs. Just make sure to check your specific plan, as not all plans are exactly the same.
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Using Your Health and Vision Benefits for Family Members
You don't necessarily have to use your benefits just for yourself. You also can use these funds to help your family get the eye care they need. If you have a child with nearsightedness that gets worse year afer year, you may want to use your benefits to start them on a myopia management regimen with ortho-k.
Many parents settle for glasses or regular contact lenses as they are less expensive than special ortho-k lenses, but with a savings account, there is no need to compromise. 2025 can be the best year for your family's vision!
At Mississauga Vision Centre and Brampton Vision Centre, we prescribe and fit orthokeratology lenses and provide all associated services. Contact our team of eye doctors today to schedule an appointment for an eye evaluation.
We treat patients from Mississauga & Brampton, Vaughan, Oakville, Toronto, and throughout Ontario.