Warby Parker and UnitedHealthcare Collaborate to Offer Designer Prescription Eyewear at Affordable Prices

People choosing UnitedHealthcare vision plans in 2018 may be able to purchase prescription eyeglasses for as little as their copay thanks to a collaboration between Warby Parker and UnitedHealthcare.

This marks the first time Warby Parker has accepted vision insurance, and they’re working with UnitedHealthcare. “Warby Parker is constantly exploring new ways to provide people access to affordable, high-quality and fashionable eyewear,” said Dave Gilboa, co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker. “We are pleased to work with UnitedHealthcare to enable millions of Americans nationwide to purchase their glasses at a fraction of the price they might pay through traditional channels.”

Individual vision plan participants can access Warby Parker’s designer prescription eyewear at affordable prices online or at any of the more than 50 stores nationwide. UnitedHealthcare individual vision plan members can use their benefits online at Warby Parker by going here and selecting the UnitedHealthcare icon.

Warby Parker and UnitedHealthcare will help more Americans access designer eyewear at affordable prices to help meet the eye care needs of the people we serve,” said Tom Wiffler, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Specialty Benefits. “We are grateful Warby Parker selected UnitedHealthcare to be its first in-network vision plan.”

About Warby Parker

Warby Parker was founded with a rebellious spirit and a lofty objective: to offer designer eyewear at a revolutionary price, while leading the way for socially conscious businesses. Every idea starts with a problem. Theirs was simple: glasses are too expensive. By circumventing traditional channels, designing glasses in-house, and engaging with customers directly, they’re able to provide higher-quality, better-looking prescription eyewear starting at $95 (a fraction of the going price).

Warby Parker also believes that everyone has the right to see. Almost one billion people worldwide lack access to glasses, which means that 15% of the world’s population cannot effectively learn or work. To help address this problem, Warby Parker partners with non-profits like VisionSpring to ensure that for every pair of glasses sold, a pair is distributed to someone in need

About UnitedHealthcare

UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 1 million physicians and care professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @UHC on Twitter.