By Dean Chambers - Major corporations are often perceived by many as supporters of free enterprise, but unfortunately, this frequently proves to not be the case. The sheer hypocrisy of Johnson & Johnson in asking legislatures...
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Johnson and Johnson’s Bill to Squash Competition in the Contact Lens Market
By Brian McNicoll - After a round of Capitol Hill meetings on eye-care policy, Peter Menziuso, president of J&J Vision North America, said all the right things about how "helping people safeguard their eyesight is our...
Government Cronyism: Looking to Stop the Power of Technology and the Free Market
By Seton Motley - The big government cronyism racket – is absurd. It is a disjointed, discombobulated mess of ridiculous ideas and assertions – put forward in steadfast defiance of the fundamentals of the free...
Johnson & Johnson’s War on Affordable Healthcare
By Brian Garst - Last week, industry executives from Johnson & Johnson, including J&J Vision North America President Peter Menziuso, conducted meetings with legislators on Capitol Hill to “deliver a message to Congress about eye care,...
Lobby Fight Focuses on Contacts
By Tim Devaney - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has triggered a major lobbying battle with a proposal that would make it easier for people to purchase contacts over the internet. Eye doctors say patients who...
CRONYISM: Using Government To Obstruct New Technology Is Nothing New
By S. C. Sherman - Wouldn’t it be cool if computers got so small you could hold one in the palm of your hand? Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could actually see the person you...
Fact Sheet: Claims About Health Dangers From Alternative Retailers Have Been Thoroughly Debunked
Proponents of the misleadingly-named Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act (S. 2777 and H.R. 6157), including the American Optometric Association (AOA) and the Coalition for Patient Vision Care Safety, have made inaccurate claims about the supposed...
Costco Wholesale Comment Letter to FTC
January 31, 2017 Federal Trade Commission Office of the Secretary Constitution Center 400 7th Street SW Fifth Floor Suit 5610 (Annex C) Washington, DC 20580 Re: Comments of Costco Wholesale Corporation on the Contact Lens Rule;...
R Street Institute Comment Letter to FTC
PROPOSED CHANGE: The Federal Trade Commission proposes to amend the Contact Lens Rule to require that prescribers obtain signed acknowledgment from patients after providing a contact-lens prescription, and to keep that acknowledgment for no less than...
Consumer Action Comment Letter to FTC
Federal Trade Commission Office of the Secretary 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Room CC-5610 (Annex C) Washington, DC 20580 RE: Contact Lens Rule, 16 CFR Part 315, Project No. R511995 Jan. 30, 2017 Dear FTC Commissioners and...