By Jeff Isaak - Type in “buy contact lenses online” into Google and what result do you get? Website after website, including those of giant retailers like Wal-Mart, asking you to click their link so you...
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Will Congress Preserve Monopoly Power for Healthcare Lobbyists?
By Andrew Quinlan - In its never-ending quest to corner the contact lens market, the American Optometric Association (AOA) has begun a new lobbying campaign to persuade the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to abandon its efforts...
Leonard Lance Needs a Clearer View of the Contact Lens Debate
By Kevin William - I have always been a big fan of Rep. Leonard Lance. In fact, just a couple of months ago, I wrote on this very website about his principled stand on Internet privacy. But it...
Johnson and Johnson Fighting to Blind Congress to Contact Lens Market
By Steve Lonegan - Led by the American Optometric Association (AOA) and large companies like Johnson & Johnson, there is a major effort in Washington to use the levers of government to pad big corporations’ bottom line....
Healthcare Professionals Peddle Fake News for Personal Gain
By Eric Peters - Imagine that representatives of General Motors lobbied Congress and got a bill passed requiring people to buy GM-brand cars only. There would be riots, probably. So why no outrage over the lobbying...
My False Advertising Complaint vs. the Eye Doctor Lobbyists
By Chuck Muth - Dear Federal Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to as FTC). In reading your official website, I learned that… “When consumers see or hear an advertisement, whether it’s on the Internet, radio or television,...
Lobbyists Hope Lawmakers Will See ‘Eye to Eye’ on Special Favors
By Jerry Rogers - Keep an eye on Washington this week as the American Optometric Association (AOA) – an advocacy group that spends nearly $2 million a year lobbying on the federal level alone – is flying thousands of its...
FTC Video: “Headed to the Eye Doctor? Take a Look at This Video…”
"Before you head to the eye doctor, take 30 seconds to watch a new video from the FTC about your eyewear prescription rights. Federal law requires your eye doctor to give you your contact lens prescription after...
FTC needs to help promote competition in the contact lens marketplace
By Andrew I. Gavil - Today, almost 41 million Americans wear contact lenses, spending an estimated four billion dollars every year to do so. Yet, despite Congressional and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) action more than a decade...
Advocacy Groups’ Open Letter to Congress: Reject Special-Interest Protectionism, Preserve Choice and Competition for Contact Lens Consumers!
Dear Member of Congress: The undersigned organizations from across the ideological spectrum encourage you to uphold competition and choice in the contact lens marketplace, which is exemplified by the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recently updated final...