1-800 Contacts Takes It Up A Notch

Commentary by Arthur B. Epstein, O.D. from Optometric Physician January 2006:

"Obviously unhappy with the patient-protective (and profit-restricting) consequences of the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act, 1-800 Contacts has started a campaign to restrict contact lenses eyecare providers can prescribe to only those that the company can supply. Authored by Rep. Susanne Crouch of Evansville Indiana, HB1308 would subject optometrists and ophthalmologists to fines of up to $5,000 and up to one year in jail if they prescribed a lens not on the "list.""