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Eyeglasses: The Public’s Right to Know

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Our country’s yearly public expenditures on eyeglasses, including sunglasses, is about $4.5 billion.1 But—while spending all this money, how much do consumers actually know about the true cost and quality of eyeglasses?

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  1. Gordon R. Trapnell, “The Impact of National Health Insurance on the Use and Spending for Sight Correction Services,” Optical manufactures Association, Arlington, Va., January 1977; and Drug Topics, Medical Economics Co., Oradeal, N.J., June 16, 1977.

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Reinecke, R.D. (1978). Eyeglasses: The Public’s Right to Know. In: Egdahl, R.H., Walsh, D.C. (eds) Health Services and Health Hazards. Springer Series on Industry and Health Care, vol 4. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9948-6_12

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