Posted on 11/26/2003 10:19:43 PM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:10:54 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Outside the spotlight on grim partisan battles over Medicare and energy policy, Congress quietly reached agreements on less-sweeping bills that will affect people from veterans to veterinarians, and from firefighters to NASCAR fans.
Contact lenses: Patients will gain the right to require their eye doctor to give them their contact-lens prescription, so they can purchase lenses elsewhere. Some doctors had refused, saying that is too risky for patients.
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