By Alexander Hendrie - It is a basic principle of free markets that consumers are able to make decisions without government control over prices and purchasing choices. From time to time, moneyed special interests try to...
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Can You Trust Your Eye Doctor?
By Steve Sherman - Trust is the bedrock of the medical profession. If we can’t trust the men and women in the white coats, then they have no power to help us. Our trust gives them...
Eye Doctor Industry Seeks to Limit Customer Choice on Contact Lens Purchases
By Dean Chambers - Years ago when consumers had their eyes examined by an eye doctor, if they had chose to get contact lenses they pretty much had to have that prescription filled by their eye...
Contact Lens Prescribers Push Legislation to Limit Consumer Choices
While some consumers purchase contact lenses from their eye doctor that prescribes them, many will also choose to obtain their lenses from other vendors that will fill their prescriptions, often for considerable savings in price over...
“Awesome” Capitalism is ALWAYS Poisoned When You Add THIS
By S.C. Sherman - Capitalism is awesome. It’s the foundation of our American society. The drive and ingenuity to create business drives our nation through good times and bad. Something in our DNA makes many Americans...
Will Congress Force Contact Lens Users to Wear Glasses?
By Drew Armstrong - One of the most exciting days of my young life was the day my parents finally considered me responsible enough to trade in my ugly, bulky glasses for contact lenses. I was...
Cassidy Bill Will Limit Consumer Choice in Contact Lens Purchases
By Dean Chambers - There’s nothing that Americans hate more than government-sponsored cartels. They distort the market and rig the American economy by enriching a select few individuals at the expense of everyone else. That’s something...
Contact Lenses are About to Get More Expensive if this Legislation Passes
By David Williams - At times, the government has an uncanny way of coming up with a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. It doesn’t make any sense, but it happens. When the federal government uses its...
Contact Lens Legislation Will Clearly Raise Prices
By Chris Versace - The year of 2003 was a time of revolutionary change in the contact lens industry. Since the Republican-controlled Congress enacted the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumer Act, consumers have enjoyed the freedom...
Will Your Candidate Fight Against Crony Capitalism or Join In?
By S.C. Sherman - The Democrat and Republican conventions are in the books. Bernie and Cruz are history…Hillary and Trump are set to battle it out to November. It’s hard not to be disgusted after watching...