Vision Insurance

The Manatee YourChoice Health Plan is the self-funded medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, and health management plan for the employees and their eligible dependents of Manatee County Government, including all of the Constitutional Agencies.

What does self-funded or self-insured mean? It means Manatee County Government, through its own Health Plan, "Manatee YourChoice," uses their own plan design and pays for all health care directly instead of paying an insurance company to handle it. Although the Plan was created and designed by the Employee Health Benefits (EHB) section of Human Resources and is managed by the Employee Health Benefits Manager, the plan hires a "Third Party Administrator (TPM)" (Aetna) to process claims, provide customer-service support to members, and to run the provider network.

The Manatee YourChoice Vision Plan (Aetna Vision Preferred Plan) helps you save on eyeglasses, contacts and more. With this supplemental vision coverage, you'll get an allowance to buy frames or contacts at any one of the nationwide providers (LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, or Target Optical), or at select private in-network providers.

PLEASE NOTE: The Manatee YourChoice Medical Insurance Plan covers a routine vision exam every year for all members. Medical Insurance Plan members do not need to have the separate Vision Insurance Plan to take advantage of the exam benefit. Click here for more information.

Key features of the Vision Plan include:

• Low or no-cost eye exams (once per calendar year), eyeglass frames (once every two calendar years), contact lenses (once per calendar year) when using an in-network provider
• Additional discounts with in-network providers on products and services including a 20% discount on any balance over your frame allowance, 15% off any balance over your conventional contact lens allowance, up to 40% off extra pairs of prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses, and up to 20% off lens add-ons 
• Discounts on LASIK laser eye surgery
• Coupons for free shipping when shopping online

Vision Insurance Plan - Premiums

Find In-Network Providers

At aetnavision.com, you can view providers, manage your benefits and view your ID card. Search by name, location or even by the brand name of the frames you want. You can also visit any licensed eye care provider outside the network; but if you do, you may pay more out of pocket and you may have to file your own claims.