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  • What Others are Saying |  May 31, 2018

    FTC Letter to Rhode Island State Legislature

    Dear Speaker Pro Tempore Kennedy: The Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning appreciates your request for comments on House Bill No. 7608/Senate Bill No. 2404 (“the Bill”), the “Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act.”  Specifically, the Bill would restrict...

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  • From Our Members |  May 8, 2018

    Consumer Action: Renewing your Eyewear Prescription Online VIDEO

    Learn more by visiting Consumer Action’s Vision Action Center

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  • From Our Members |  May 8, 2018

    Consumer Action: New Vision Action Center Educates Consumers on Their Rights

    New videos on online prescription renewal and the right to purchase eyewear where you want.  As more states across the country are considering anti-consumer restrictions or bans on online prescription renewal services and the use of telehealth in vision care,...

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  • Articles |  May 6, 2018

    Providence Journal: My Turn: Protectionism Only Hurts Rhode Island

    By Saya Nagori – The General Assembly is again considering protectionist legislation that would restrict emerging telehealth technology for Rhode Island’s contact lens and glasses wearers. House Bill 7608 and its companion Senate Bill 2404 take aim at vision telemedicine...

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  • Articles |  April 20, 2018

    Providence Business News: Optometrists, Vision-Test App Makers Don’t See Eye to Eye

    By Rob Borkowski – Local optometrists are arguing for “standard of care” regulation of online vision tests for corrective lens prescription renewals, rules branded protectionist by manufacturers, pitting eye doctors’ efforts to preserve patient interaction against software services providing convenient,...

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