Group Urges Congress to Reject Legislation That Would Reduce Choice, Increase Costs for Contact Lens Wearers WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Coalition for Contact Lens Consumer Choice announced this week that more than 135,000 individuals have now...
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Contact Lens Prescribers Push Legislation to Limit Consumer Choices
By Dean Chambers - 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...
Industry-supported Contact Lens Regulations Will Restrict Consumer Choice
By Dean Chambers - If our eye doctors and their cronies in the contact lens industry get their way, consumers are likely to pay more for contact lenses because of having few if any choices of...
Proposed Changes to Contact Lens Competition Undermine the Free Market
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...
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...
7 Health Facts About Contact Lenses That May Surprise You
You only have one pair of eyes, so it’s important to take care of them – and that includes taking care of your contact lenses and how you wear them. As a reminder of the importance...
“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...