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  • Articles |  May 6, 2019

    Florida Politics: Winners and Losers Emerging from the 2019 Legislative Session

    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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  • From Our Members |  April 30, 2019

    R Street Institute: The Promise of Telehealth in Oklahoma and Beyond

    By: C. Jarrett Dieterle – Oklahoma lags behind other states when it comes to freeing up its healthcare markets, and a recent debate in the state legislature shows that politicians in the Sooner State are still attempting to find the...

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  • From the Coalition |  April 29, 2019

    AFVCI Letter to Oklahoma State Senate

      Dear President Treat, Majority Floor Leader David, Democratic Leader Floy and distinguished members of the Oklahoma State Senate: Americans for Vision Care Innovation is a bipartisan coalition of taxpayer advocates, consumer groups, think tanks, and innovative companies working with...

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  • Articles |  April 26, 2019

    Public News Service: Remote Eye Care Could Help Rural Floridians

    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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  • Articles |  April 25, 2019

    Florida Politics: Amendment Would Block Online Contacts, Glasses Refills Without Eye Exam

    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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  • May 6, 2019

    Florida Politics: Winners and Losers Emerging from the 2019 Legislative Session

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  • April 30, 2019

    R Street Institute: The Promise of Telehealth in Oklahoma and Beyond

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