Dental / Vision / Hearing
With dental, hearing, and vision plan, you can get coverage for:
- Routine dental check-ups, cleanings, and fillings
- Annual series of dental X-rays
- Dentures, dental plates, root canals, and crowns
- New and replacement hearing aids
- Eyeglasses and vision screenings
With dental, hearing, and vision plan, you can get coverage for:
These plans make it easy to go to appropriate doctors by minimizing out-of-pocket cost for routine check-ups, expensive procedures, and most things in between. In short, Original Medicare – which combines Parts A and B for hospital and medical coverage – does not offer extended support with dental, visual, or hearing treatment. What Original Medicare does do is cover a limited checklist of issues associated with the eyes, and mouth, including:
- Infections caused by dental procedures
- Oral examinations as part of an inpatient stay at hospital
- Oral cancer or a face tumor
- Medical eye procedures such as cataract surgery or corrective lens surgery
- Hearing tests as part of a physician’s standard visit