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 form the Coalition for Contact Lens Consumer Choice to fight a Senate bill they say harms competition.
The legislation from Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., delves into a long-running battle between optometrists and retailers of contact lenses over 30 million consumers’ ability to choose where they get their contacts, with retailers competing with doctors’ offices that sell lenses.