Making Eye Care Accessible for Every Family

Access to affordable optometry cover ensures that South African families can manage essential eye tests, prescription lenses, and routine vision care without financial strain. Regular optometry visits are critical for children’s learning, work productivity, and overall quality of life at every age. Affinity Health has designed plans that include optometry alongside core health services, making preventative and corrective eye care easy to manage within your monthly budget.

What does optometry cover typically include?

• Annual comprehensive eye testing for adults and children
• Single vision, bifocal, or multifocal lenses as prescribed
• Basic frame selection up to specified benefit amounts
• Discounts or network access for lens enhancements
• Referrals for further eye care if needed

Many health insurance plans exclude or limit optometry benefits, but Affinity Health’s Day-to-Day Cover offers optical care as part of its routine benefits-ideal for family use, especially as children grow and older adults experience vision changes.

Who benefits most from family optometry cover?

• Children needing school vision checks or ongoing correction
• Young professionals and parents requiring eye exams for computer work and driving
• Retirees managing age-related vision changes
• Anyone prioritising preventive vision care and lower out-of-pocket costs

How optometry is integrated into Affinity Health plans

• Day-to-Day Plans: Include optical cover for all ages, with benefits resetting each year
• Combined Plans: Offer both optical and hospitalisation protection, streamlining health and vision care into one monthly payment
• Network Optometrists: Wide partner network for easy access, reducing extra admin and upfront costs

Families can easily find an approved optometrist via the Affinity Health provider finder tool, ensuring that eye care is never out of reach, whether you are in a major city or a smaller town.

Balancing Budget and Benefits: How to Compare Optometry Cover

Choosing the best value for family optometry means looking at annual limits, lens and frame benefits, and how easily you can access network professionals. With Affinity Health, day-to-day plans for adults start from as low as R779 per month, and include not just optometry but also GP visits, dental benefits, and acute medicine-delivering extensive family coverage under one roof. For children under 18, Junior Day-to-Day plans start at R464 per month and include routine optometry, allowing families to budget efficiently for all dependents.

Comparing these rates and the included optometry cover helps families decide the best option for their size and stage of life. For further insight on plan pricing and detailed inclusions, visit the Affinity Health policy rates page.

Easy steps to start using optometry benefits

1. Choose your suitable Day-to-Day or Combined Plan
2. Register beneficiaries (adults and kids)
3. Find a network optometrist near you and schedule a visit
4. Present your Affinity Health membership for included services
5. Enjoy peace of mind knowing vision care is covered

For those interested in combining optometry with full health and hospital protection, Affinity Health also offers Combined Plans, delivering both day-to-day and hospital benefits in one convenient policy.

Sources

• Affinity Health — Day-to-Day Cover Details
• Affinity Health — Junior Day-to-Day Cover
• Affinity Health — Senior Cover
• Affinity Health — Plan Rates and Pricing
• National Department of Health - Child Eye Health