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Enough Already! Taxpayers Deserve Clarity from Washington on Contact Lens Choice

by C. Jarrett Dieterle
Dec 11, 2019
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issues: Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Project for Women and Families, Regulatory Reform, Telehealth
originally published in Townhall

A protectionist piece of legislation in Congress could actually deepen this muck. House Members Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) have authored a bill to roll back current prescription verification procedures that allow customers to purchase lenses from a licensed outlet other than their examining optometrist.

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