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This is what it says in the article that you didn't read.

Johnson & Johnson, Alcon, Bausch & Lomb and Cooper Vision, which together account for 97 percent of all contact lenses sold in the United States, have set price minimums for many of their contacts, so you’re unlikely to find them any cheaper, no matter how hard you look.

“The manufacturers say the policies are intended to simplify the market and shift conversations between patients and optometrists away from the topic of pricing and toward the clinical benefits of their contact lenses,” The New York Times said.

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