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By Peter Schorsch – Losers: Florida Optometric Association — After decades of fighting over expanding their scope of practice to be able to perform surgery on the eye without a medical degree or years of residency training, Optometrists this year started Eyeball Wars...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Legislature is considering bills that would make it easier for people to get some of their healthcare services – possibly including eye care – online. The “telehealth” bills help doctors use technology to provide services...
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By Drew Wilson – Telemedicine has the potential to bring health care access to new heights, but amendments to the House and Senate telemedicine packages Thursday would be a regression. HB 23 has already cleared the House and is ready...
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Dear Speaker Oliva and distinguished members of the Florida House of Representatives, The Americans for Vision Care Innovation is a bipartisan coalition of taxpayer advocates, consumer groups, think tanks, and innovative companies working with leading eye doctors who have joined...
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Special interests tried but failed to attach a provision to a general telehealth bill that would have effectively banned consumer access to online vision care in Florida, including online vision testing and online prescription renewal services. If enacted, this provision...