Supplemental Vision Coverage

Plan Overview

The Mail Handlers Benefit Plan offers federal and postal employees and annuitants vision supplemental benefits. Expand your health coverage when you add our affordable options.* This plan offers great benefits, national coverage and affordable rates. You don't have to enroll in a MHBP health plan to participate in these programs.** And you can enroll year round!

Call toll-free 1-800-254-0227 to enroll by phone (or 1-800-481-9871 for a TDD for the hearing impaired).

The MHBP Supplemental Vision Plan gives you so much for so little a month. For just $8.60 for Self-only and $16.00 for Family coverage you get:

• Eye exams & lenses every 12 months for just a $10 co-payment each
• Up to $120 for frames (every 24 months) or contact lenses (every 12 months)
• Discounted rates for laser vision correction
• Access to more than 26,000 VSP network providers nationwide
• Providers are always accepting new patients
• No ID card necessary and no claim forms required
• Out-of-network benefits too

• VSP Coverage Summary Chart (PDF | 94 KB)
• Locate VSP Providers

Coverage at a Glance: Eye Care Wellness

Regular exams are essential for protecting your visual wellness.

Eye Care Wellness

	Frequency (Based On Calendar Year)	Copayment	Coverage From a VSP Doctor
Exam	12 months	$10	Covered in full

Coverage at a Glance: Prescription Eyewear

You may choose between glasses or contact lenses.

Prescription Eyewear

	Frequency (Based On Calendar Year)	Copayment	Coverage From a VSP Doctor
Lenses	12 months	$10 (applied to lenses & frame)	Single vision, lined bifocal and lined trifocal lenses covered in full
Frame	24 months		Frames of your choice covered up to $120
Contact Lenses	12 months	None	$120 allowance

* These benefits are neither offered nor guaranteed under contract with the FEHB Program, but are made available to all persons who are eligible for FEHBP coverage. You cannot file a FEHB disputed claim about them. The premiums and fees you pay for these services do not count toward FEHB deductibles or out-of-pocket maximums. Benefits are not provided for services rendered outside the 50 United States and the District of Columbia.

** You do not have to be enrolled in a MHBP health plan to enroll in the MHBP Supplemental Dental Plan or the MHBP Supplemental Vision Plan. However, a single annual $42 Mail Handlers Benefit Plan associate membership fee makes both the dental and/or vision plans available to you.