On May 8, Consumer Action launched its Vision Action Center to help ensure that hundreds of millions of glasses and contact lens wearers in America know their consumer rights. Read the press release.
ReadThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a public workshop in Washington, DC, on March 7 to explore issues of competition in the contact lens marketplace, consumer access to contact lenses and prescriptions. Consumer Action’s Linda Sherry joined an afternoon panel on consumer choice and prescription release.
ReadWRITE NOW to tell Congress to protect contact lens consumer rights. Just fill out the action alert and you will be able to email a message to your elected officials.
ReadConsumer Action joined Americans for Vision Care Innovation in a letter to Washington State legislators in opposition to any state bans on "ocular telemedicine"—online vision tests that are useful for eyewear prescription renewals.
ReadConsumer Action joined the National Taxpayers Union in a letter to members of the Kentucky State Senate opposing legislation (HB 191) that would restrict the right of state residents to renew contact lens or glasses prescriptions online.
ReadOn March 7, the Federal Trade Commission held a public workshop in Washington, DC, to explore issues regarding competition in the contact lens marketplace, consumer access to contact lenses, prescription release and portability, and related subjects. Linda Sherry, director of national priorities at Consumer Action joined one of the day's panels, Prescription Release and Consumer Choice.
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Consumer Action supports the rights of consumers to choose where they want to purchase their…
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Americans for Vision Care Innovation is a growing bipartisan coalition of consumer groups, trade associations, technology companies, retailers, think tanks and groups advocating for rural Americans and other underserved populations. We have come together to help ensure that America’s glasses and contact lens wearers have access to a safe and effective vision care tool. Our goal is to encourage more states to adopt pro-consumer legislation that promotes access to online vision testing and to end bans on such services where they exist.
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The Coalition for Contact Lens Consumer Choice serves as a voice for 41 million American contact lens consumers by advocating for continued consumer choice in the contact lens market. The Coalition opposes legislative and regulatory proposals at the federal and state levels that would limit the ability of consumers to purchase contact lenses from the retailer of their choice, whether online, in stores or over-the-phone. The Coalition’s members include retailers, contact lens wearers, consumer groups, good government advocacy organizations, optometrists and other eye care professionals, and members of the public with diverse perspectives.
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