Vision insurance does not necessarily mean that children need eye exams

Vision insurance does not necessarily mean that children need eye exams
Although most American parents say they do not have health insurance, many of them are not put to use.
According to Vision Care's primary and secondary Vision Care survey, nearly 60 percent of parents said they were covered by health insurance in  2016.
Vision care insurance, in particular, was stopped by 42 percent of all US families interviewed. And many more parents also said they are participating in an FSA or tax deferred MSA health plan and additional supplemental insurance.

Unfortunately, this has very little influence on the frequency or history of vision screening of children in the United States. About 39 percent of parents with children living in the country reported that their children had never received an eye exam.
Approximately half of the parents surveyed had not brought their children for an eye exam in the past two years. Why? Most of them mistakenly believed that their children did not need an eye exam (61%) or that they were too young for vision problems (40%).
Perhaps most shockingly, more than 15 percent of parents said they had not taken their children to a screening examination because "only minor problems."

The survey found that children whose eyes had been examined over the past year were more likely to wear prescription eyeglasses, noting that eye exams in fact lead to the diagnosis of visual problems that might otherwise impair the child's . - A. H.
Parents of school-age children should be kept informed about vision correction options such as wearing contact lenses instead of goggles for myopia control and protective sports goggles. Make sure children wear sunglasses is very important, too.
For answers to specific questions about your child's vision development, vision problems, and needs glasses, see an ophthalmologist who is a specialist in children's vision.