AOA Advocacy Chair Bill Reynolds, O.D., addresses some of the pressing legislative issues facing optometry, including proposed “Not a Doctor” legislation, the FTC eyeglasses proposed rule, pervasive vision plan abuses and telehealth policies. During the discussion, he details the strategies AOA and affiliates are activating to advance the profession’s essential eye health and vision care role in the U.S. It takes all doctors to get engaged and being a member of your affiliate and the AOA is the first step. 

Did you know that the contact lens category steadily declines with appearance of Presbyopia symptoms, and multifocal contact lenses are a huge opportunity for our practices? Over half of CL patients will drop out as they develop presbyopia, even though 94% expect to continue in contact lenses! In fact, we know that there are 32 million patients aged 45+ that are open & interested in contact lenses, yet <10% are wearing Multifocal Contact Lenses. Listen to me talk with Dr. Moody  of J&J Vision on how to make the most of multifocal contact lenses!