NEW RIGHTS FOR AMERICA'S 45 MILLION CONTACT LENS CONSUMERS FTC's Updated Contact Lens Rules Is Now In Effect After more than five years of thoughtful work, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Updated Contact Lens Rule...
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From the Coalition: Infographic on consumers’ rights under the FTC’s updated Contact Lens Rule
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R Street Opposes Protectionist Contact Lens Legislation
The R Street Institute opposes S. 4613, a bill to amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to prevent certain automated calls and to require notice of the availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients, and...
National Taxpayers Union: Consumers, Taxpayers Won’t Benefit from Senate Bill to Weaken Vision Care Competition
by NTU President Pete Sepp Far from living up to its name, new Senate legislation called the “Contact Lens Rule Modernization Act” (S. 4613) would actually weaken a true pro-taxpayer modernization effort of the Contact Lens...
Letter from the Coalition to the Senate Commerce Committee
Dear Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Cantwell and distinguished members of the Senate Commerce Committee, The last thing we need in the middle of tough economic times and a global pandemic, is to make healthcare more expensive...
Letter from the Coalition to the House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce
Dear Chairman Pallone, Ranking Member Walden and distinguished members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, The last thing we need in the middle of tough economic times and a global pandemic, is to make...
Statement from the Coalition on Senator Boozman’s Contact Lens Rule Modernization Act
STATEMENT FROM THE COALITION FOR CONTACT LENS CONSUMER CHOICE ON THE INTRODUCTION OF SENATOR BOOZMAN’S CONTACT LENS RULE MODERNIZATION ACT The Coalition for Contact Lens Consumer Choice, a coalition of taxpayer and consumer groups,...
Infographic on FTC Contact Lens Ruling
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Letter from the National Hispanic Medical Association and the League of United Latin American Citizens to Congressman Rush
Dear Congressman Rush, The National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) and the League of United Latino Citizens (LULAC) write today sadly in opposition to H.R. 3975 The Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act, which you introduced this...
FTC’s Contact Lens Rule Final Ruling
The FTC's final Contact Lens Rule is now published in the Federal Register. The rule is effective October 16, 2020. The FTC is publishing a final rule to implement amendments to the Contact Lens Rule. These...