The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. HEALTH & SAFETY

International leaders warn that the world is not ready to confront a possible avian flu pandemic.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Fellow Dr. Henry I. Miller on the hard truths of bird flu.

2. ENERGY

Frigid winter temperatures force Russia on to a strict program of energy conservation.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Editorial Director Ivan Osorio on how Russia’s government is playing power politics with energy supplies.

3. MEDICARE

The new Medicare prescription drug benefit program generates confusion among patients.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: President Fred L. Smith, Jr. on who will end up shouldering the burden of the program’s costs.

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