What is the first thing you think of when you hear that the four largest contact lens manufacturers plus the American Optometric Association have created a coalition to influence Congress? Just another day in the life...
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Congress and Crony Capitalists Want to Take Over the Contact Lens Market
The intensity with which some American companies try to use the government to trick or deceive consumers is astonishing. Yet the extent to which lawmakers seem content to cater to these crony pursuits never disappoints, either....
A Clear-Eyed View of the Contact Lens Debate
The intensity with which some American companies try to use the government to trick or deceive consumers is astonishing. Yet the extent to which lawmakers seem content to cater to these crony pursuits never disappoints, either....
AOA Supports Contact Lens Prescription Verification, Patient Safety Bill
The American Optometric Association announced its support for the Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act of 2016, introduced by Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, (R-La.), to ensure more effective federal enforcement of contact lens patient health and...
Crony Capitalism is Rocking it in the Contact Lens Industry
As if it’s not bad enough that you drew the DNA short straw and can’t see without correction, now the government, the eye doctors, and the contact lens manufacturers are frolicking in bed together at your...
Cassidy Bill Could Limit Consumer Rights in Eye Care
Consumers could have their eye care choices limited, if a bill introduced last night by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) becomes law. The medical doctor turned politician, Cassidy, is likely to introduce a bill, at the behest...