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Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
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A flexible spending account (FSA) is a tax-advantaged financial account set up through the cafeteria plan of an employer in the United States. An FSA allows an employee to set aside a portion of his or her earnings to pay for qualified expenses as established in the cafeteria plan, most commonly for medical expenses but often for dependent care or other expenses. Money deducted from an employee's pay into an FSA is not subject to payroll taxes, resulting in a substantial payroll tax savings.
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The Backlash Against Eye Doctor Only Contacts
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Some consumers who are restricted to buying from an eye doctor say they don't like it. "My eye doctor that I've been going to for years recently prescribed Proclear," says Elaine Candiff, a 51-year-old homemaker in Victorville, Calif. "They are giving me good results, but if I had known I could only buy them through an eye-care professional I would have said: Just write a prescription for Acuvue," a common product of Johnson & Johnson's Vistakon, she says.
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Contact Lens Prescriptions Explained
Believe it or not there is a difference between your spectacle prescription and contact lens prescription. When a lens is placed on the eye it will most likely need to have its power adjusted.
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Contact Lenses - What's Right For Me?
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What factors should you take into consideration when deciding whether or not to wear contact lenses?
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Eyeglass Prescriptions Explained
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Have you ever wondered what those numbers on your prescription mean?
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What are my Contact Lens Prescription Rights?
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The "Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act" requires eye doctors, at the conclusion of the fitting, to automatically provide each patient with a copy of his or her own contact lens prescription whether or not the patient asks for a copy.
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Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act (FCLCA - H.R. 3140)
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This Act gives contact lenses wearers increased freedom to purchase their contact lenses from retailers other than their eye doctor. The "Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act" makes it easier and less expensive for consumers to shop for contact lenses based on price and convenience.
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Contact Lens Wear and Care - Soft Lens
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Most people will only remember about 25% of what they hear from their eye care professional. Find out what you're missing.
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Soft Contact Lens Designs
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Learn about the different types of soft contact lenses available to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism and presbyopia.
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Contact Lenses for Astigmatism
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Astigmatism is a very common (and frequently misunderstood) vision problem. Find out how astigmatism is corrected with toric soft contact lenses and rigid gas permeable (RGP) contacts.
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Contact Lens Statistics
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How many people in the U.S. wear contact lenses? Which types of lenses are most popular? Get the latest contact lens-related statistics here.
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The History of Contact Lenses
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When do you think contact lenses were invented? In the 1920s? Or maybe the 1950s? You'll find the answer here.
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Contact Lenses vs. Eyeglasses
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Thinking about trying contact lenses? Whether you need corrective lenses for nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism orpresbyopia, contact lenses offer many advantages over eyeglasses.
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Disposable Contact Lenses
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New contact lenses feel great, provide excellent vision and help keep your eyes healthy. With disposable contact lenses, you can start each week with a fresh, clean pair of lenses. For the ultimate comfort and safety, try 1-day disposable lenses.
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Extended Wear Contact Lenses
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Enjoy waking up to clear vision. Today's new extended wear contact lenses can be worncontinuously for up to 30 days. See if these lensesare right for you.
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Bausch and Lomb
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Bausch and Lomb Incorporated, one of the oldest American companies still operating, was established by John Bausch in 1853 when he opened an optical shop in Rochester, New York that sold eyeglasses, magnifiers, microscopes, and other products imported from Europe.
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CIBA Vision
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As the eye care unit of Novartis AG, CIBA Vision benefits from the strengths and resources of one of the largest healthcare companies in the world. Novartis is a world leader in healthcare, with core businesses in pharmaceuticals, consumer health, pediatrics, eye care and animal health.
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CooperVision
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CooperVision is one of two divisions making up CooperCompanies, the other being CooperSurgical, which supplies medical devices, diagnostic products, and surgical instruments and accessories that are primarily used by gynecologists and obstetricians.
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Johnson and Johnson
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Johnson and Johnson Vision Care, Inc. (JNJ), headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is an international manufacturer of medical devices, pharmaceutical devices and health care products.
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Ocular Sciences
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Ocular Sciences Inc. was founded in 1983 and acquired by CooperVision, a division of CooperCompanies, in July of 2004.
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Wesley Jessen
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Wesley Jessen VisionCare, Inc. manufactures soft contact lenses in the United States and in countries such as Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Luxemborg, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Australia.
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1 to 2 Week Disposable Contacts
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Introduced in 1987, 1 to 2 week disposable contact lenses are worn for one to two weeks and discarded.
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Bifocal Contacts
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Bifocal contact lenses are worn by patients suffering from presbyopia, a condition that occurs around the age of forty and is usually signaled by the inability to read print that is too close, such as a menu or book.
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Color Disposable Contacts
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Color disposable contact lenses give you the ability to alter the color of your eyes with the convenience of disposable lenses.
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Daily Disposable Contacts
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Introduced in 1995, daily disposable contact lenses are worn during the day, discarded every night and replaced with fresh lenses every morning.
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Gas Permeable Contacts
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Introduced in 1979, the technology for gas permeable lenses is actually more recent than that of soft lenses. Gas permeable lenses, also known as RGPs, rigid gas permeable, or oxygen permeable lenses, are made using silicone, a more flexible material than PMMA.
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Monthly Disposable Contacts
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Monthly disposable contact lenses were approved for use in 2001. Patients are able to wear monthly disposable lenses continuously for thirty days.
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Novelty Contacts
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Novelty contact lenses allow you to change more than just the color of your eyes. These lenses are mainly used in theatrical productions or Halloween costumes or as a fashion accessory.
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Toric Contacts
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For years, patients suffering from astigmatism were told they could not correct their vision by wearing contact lenses. That all changed in 1978 when the first toric contact lens was approved for distribution.
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Vial Contacts
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The modern contact lens that we are familiar with today came into existence in 1947 when American Kevin Touhy created the corneal lens that covered the cornea only, as opposed to the scleral lens, which covered the entire eye.
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