Healthcare

Contact cronies

By Eric Peters
Published April 29, 2016 4:01am ET
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Contact cronies
Johnson & Johnson, the 800-pound gorilla of the contact lens industry, is one of the crony capitalist entities trying to peel back even the modest market-minded reforms enacted by the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) | Rick Bowmer

What if you had to buy name-brand drugs?

What if your doctor prescribed Medicine X and you were not allowed, by law, to substitute a generic equivalent? What if your doctor has a financial relationship with the drug company whose meds he has prescribed for you?

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