By Andrew F. Quinlan - Contact lens wearers can breathe a sigh of relief as the lame-duck congressional session comes to an end. Despite their best efforts, lobbyists for the eye doctors have failed to attach...
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Lame Duck Congress is After Your Contact Lenses
By Drew Armstrong - As our country gears up for the inauguration of President-Elect Trump, there is a renewed sense of optimism that the executive branch will work with Congress to "drain the swamp" by eliminating...
Can the FTC Write an Rx for the Contact Lens Market, or Is Legislation an Aye for an Eye?
By Ashley Baker - A patient walks into an optometrist’s office for an eye exam. He walks out an hour later with a box of contact lenses, conveniently purchased in-office with the eye-care provider's encouragement. If...
Will Congress Impose Protectionism in the Contact Lens Industry?
By Tommy Behnke - Many academics and optometrists believe that Americans will soon be able to skip the eye doctors’ office and instead give themselves exams with the stroke of a smartphone app -- that is,...
Free Marketplace is Best Price to Pay for Contact Lens in US, Not Governmental Optics
By Jeff Crouere - Prior to the passage of much needed reform legislation in 2004, the sale of contact lenses was primarily controlled by eye doctors exclusively. Patients were not given their prescriptions and not allowed to...
Keep the Lame (Duck) Cronyism Out of Contact Lenses
By Seton Motley - I may be jinxing myself – but my aging eyes remain pretty good. <Knocks on wood.> So I can, with my untrammeled sight, spot the ridiculous cronyism that abounds all around the...
Parasites on the Republic
By Bruce Fein - Parasites of the Republic abound. Their modus operandi is to hijack government for self-enrichment. They should be rebuffed and ostracized as if clones of Benedict Arnold. Fix your eyes on the coalition...
Just Say No to Lame Duck Tricks
By Steve Sherman - With the upset of the ages in rear view mirror, Donald Trump is making plans about who to surround himself with come January. His election has sparked protesting in the streets and...
How This Lame Duck Congress Might Be Threatening Your Contact Lenses
By Jillian Lane Wyant - Out of nearly 320 million people in America, roughly 41 million wear contact lenses in order to correct their vision. It’s a booming industry that brings in $7 billion each year and growing, and one that is not unfamiliar to powerful...
Horror: Pirate Contact Lenses!
By Andrew Quinlan - This Halloween, scores of consumers have purchased nearly 100,000 pairs of "counterfeit, illegal, and unapproved” colored contacts for costumes, all of which have been seized by “Double Vision,” an FDA-led consumer safety campaign. No...