Congress members, AOA request rollback of new Contact Lens Rule additions

August 19, 2020

Healio News - Members of Congress have requested that the Federal Trade Commission roll back its recent updates to the Contact Lens Rule.

The Health Care Alliance for Patient Safety (APS) advocacy group announced in a press release its support of members of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate calling for the delay of the FTC amendment for the use of prescription verification robocalls. The alliance said these updates could result in patients receiving inaccurate prescriptions from what were originally recommended and fitted by their doctors.

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