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  • Articles |  March 16, 2021

    Letter from the Coalition to Members of the Rhode Island House Health, Education and Welfare Committee

    Dear Chair McNamara, Second Vice Chair Phillips and the Distinguished Members of the House Health, Education and Welfare Committee, It is once again with deep disappointment that Americans for Vision Care Innovation, a bipartisan coalition of consumer and taxpayer groups,...

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  • Articles |  March 11, 2021

    The Newnan Times-Herald: Legislature punts for now on ocular telehealth

    Read more from The Newnan Times-Herald on the importance of ocular telehealth here. 

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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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  • 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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  • April 6, 2021

    Vote Yes on HB 4356

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    Letter from the Coalition to Members of the Rhode Island House Health, Education and Welfare Committee

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