Health Insurance Daily

All In the Eyes

Routine eye exams provide an opportunity for spotting systemic health problems. Eye exams can be used to spot symptoms of diseases like diabetes, hypertension, multiple sclerosis, brain tumors, lupus, AIDS, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and Grave's disease.

Kirk Rothrock, president of CompBenefits, a Roswell, Ga.-based dental and vision insurance provider, agrees: "Dental and vision exams, which identify symptoms of illness, can facilitate earlier diagnosis and treatment, contributing to better health outcomes and lower long-term costs of care.

Employers that offer and encourage utilization of dental and vision benefits on a voluntary basis can actually reap this value at no cost to themselves." For more information on this article go to Benefitnews.com.

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