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The Federal Trade Commission refunds more than $1.1 million to consumers misled by false advertising from LCA-Vision, the nation’s largest LASIK provider.
Bait-and-Switch LASIK Ads Prompt Federal Trade Commission Refunds
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued over $1.1 million in refunds to consumers deceived by false advertising from LCA-Vision, the nation’s largest provider of LASIK vision correction procedures, operating under LasikPlus and Joffe MediCenter. This settlement addresses a January 2023 complaint filed by the FTC, which accused the company of using misleading bait-and-switch tactics to lure customers with promises of low-cost vision correction that turned out to be highly restrictive and largely unavailable.…