A group of contact lens retailers and consumers stand in sharp disagreement with groups calling for legislation changing the way a retailer verifies a prescription with an eye doctor. Anyone who wants to buy contact lenses...
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New Legislation Will Harm Consumer Choice for Contact Lenses
One thing the government does better than any other institution is create problems where none exist. But, another thing the government also really excels at is making things worse for consumers. This is evident with new...
Fighting Another Unnecessary Rise in Healthcare Costs
It is often stunning how tone deaf some Washington policy makers can be. Last month, UnitedHealth, the largest health insurance company in the United States, announced that it will no longer provide insurance through the Federal...
A Concrete Example of What Cruz Calls ‘the Washington Cartel’
Crony socialism involves government tax and regulatory favoritism to protect special interests from market competition, so they can make more money at public expense. Senator Cruz calls this operation of the Washington Establishment to benefit their...
You Don’t Need Glasses to See Why New Contact Lens Bill Stinks
Everyone who’s ever found themselves in a “captive audience” situation at an airport, movie theater or sporting event knows how sky-high prices get jacked up on food and drink. Indeed, you’re more likely to choke on...
Time for GOP Congress to Stop Anti-Consumer Cronyism in Contact Lens Legislation
Try to imagine what a GEICO-type commercial for contact lenses built around opening day of Major League Baseball might look and sound like. “Can Lens.com provide you with an affordable, clear image of your favorite team...
Retailers See Red In Contact Lens Bill
You've heard of Big Pharma, Big Tobacco and Big Oil. Now get ready to add Big Contacts to the list. A group of retailers including Lens.com, 1-800 Contacts and wholesaler Costco joined forces last week to...
Coalition Forms Opposing Senate Contact Lens Legislation; Senators Lee, Klobuchar Press FTC
In a letter sent Monday to the Federal Trade Commission, Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. — the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights...
Sen. Bill Cassidy Introduces Bill Limiting Consumer Eye-Care Choices
All too often we’ve seen Washington D.C. politicians write statist legislation to tell us how to live our lives because they think they know better than we do. Such is the case with the first-term Republican...
Contact Lens Retailers and Optometrists Battle Over Prescription Rules
The seemingly simple process of ordering contact lenses has become a tangled debate between retailers, optometric groups, and lawmakers. At the core of the debate is the contact lens prescription, a ticket to 20/20 vision for...