By Pete Sepp Contact lens wearers, read on while you still have easy access to your supplies. This post was first written earlier in the week with an entirely different intention – to point out how...
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National Taxpayers Union: Short Sighted Contact Lens Legislation Will Short-Change Taxpayers, Citizen Group Warns
Senate legislation that claims to protect the health of contact-lens users could actually hurt those very same consumers and boost the price tag of government health insurance programs. That’s the warning from National Taxpayers Union (NTU),...
Costco Wholesale: Costco Wholesale Opposes New Bill on Contact Lenses
Costco Wholesale Corp. announced its opposition to a bill introduced by U.S. Senator John Cassidy (R-LA) that would increase costs for many Americans who wear contact lenses. The bill would make it more difficult for consumers...
Lens.com: Legislation Introduced this Week Will Undermine a Decade of Consumer Protections for Over 40 Million Contact Lens Wearers
Lens.com strongly opposes Cassidy-Boozman bill to deprive consumers of choice, reduce marketplace competition, and increase prices for lens users -- Las Vegas, Nevada (April 12, 2016) – Lens.com, a leading retailer that has supplied millions of...
1-800 Contacts: 1-800 Contacts Opposes Legislation Introduced Today That Would Gut “Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act”
Anti-Consumer Legislation Would Increase Costs for 41 Million Contact Lens Consumers Draper, Utah – Legislation being pushed by the American Optometric Association (AOA) and introduced today in the U.S. Senate would rewrite current law to undermine...
1-800 Contacts: 27,725 Violations Reveal Pattern of Improper Behavior as Many Optometrists Put Profits Ahead of Patient Choice
In an effort to advocate for American consumers, 1-800 Contacts today notified the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of nearly 28,000 violations by optometrists and other eye care providers of the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act...