For over three decades, CEI has advocated health care reforms that put more power in the hands of consumers to choose their health providers, treatment protocols, and scope of insurance coverage. We have advocated reform of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug and device approval process to allow for greater flexibility and patient choice. And in 2013, CEI organized the court challenges to Obamacare’s exchange subsidies that concluded with the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell decision.
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The current state of pharmaceutical tariffs
Background Amid the Trump trade upheaval, pharmaceutical products receive different treatment than many other US imports. Pharmaceuticals are treated differently for reasons such as their…
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Point: Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Common-Sense Reform
Medicaid is the government program that is supposed to help the poor afford health care. Its cost to taxpayers has skyrocketed in the last few…
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Congress considers micromanaging PBM finances
With the first reconciliation bill behind it, Congress is now looking to reform other aspects of the health care system. Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)…
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Media Conference Call, Wed., May 5
Contact: Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Washington, DC, May 4, 2004—Her quest started…
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“I Love Humanity; It’s People I Can’t Stand”
This is part 2 of a two-part series. To read part 1, please click here.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />…
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Biotech’s Antagonists
This is part 1 of a two-part series. To read part 2, please click here.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />…
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Soso Whaley’s McDonald’s Diet Results!
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Soso Whaley and her doctor, Dr. Rayner Dickey, are proud to announce the results of her…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 30, 2004
“I always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted – stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 23, 2004
“In ten years all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 29, 2004
“I’m on a seafood diet, I see food, I eat it.” – Dolly Parton<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />…
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Abusing Substance Abuse Data
I haven't covered the issue of alcohol for a while, but a recent set of headlines had a reek of moonshine about them.
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 28, 2004
“A month long diet at McDonalds nearly killed one filmmaker…..” – Channel 4 Evening News, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 27, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “The world faces some real problems, but those problems do not portend…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 22, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 26, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when it’s the only one…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 25, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “Clever liars give details, but the cleverest don’t.” – Anonymous …
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 24, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “I have not been afraid of excess: Excess on occasion is exhilarating. …
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Broadcast Update on Issues in the News
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 …
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 20, 2004
“There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval.” <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />…
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This Should Go over Like a Lead Balloon
Brewing in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington D.C. is a new public health scare that may soon reach beyond the beltway…
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Commentary: Europe’s Ban on GMOs Is Still Firmly In Place
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> There is an old saying among political veterans in <?xml:namespace prefix =…
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The Politics Behind Pesticides and the West Nile Virus
In a new study published by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, author Angela Logomasini exposes how environmental activists are opposing vital efforts to combat the deadly…
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Filmmaker Debunks “Super Size Me” Claim
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Judy Kent, 202.331.2266…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 16, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Receipt available as a pdf. “All substances are…
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Filmmaker Debunks “Super Size Me” Claim
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Judy Kent, 202.331.2266…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 15, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Receipts available as a pdf. “Man prefers to believe what…
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The Rocky Road to Biotech’s Success
The first Earth Day celebration, conceived by then-US Senator Gaylord Nelson, was held in 1970 as a “symbol of environmental responsibility and stewardship.” In the spirit…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 14, 2004
Receipts available as a pdf. Take the “Does the Government Think You're Fat?” test at www.BMIscale.com. Users can plug…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 12, 2004
“I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks.” – Joe E. Lewis<?xml:namespace…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 13, 2004
Receipts available as a pdf. Luigi Cornaro was born in 1467 in Padua, Italy and found himself at…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 4, 2004
Receipts available as a pdf. “I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some agreement about it, but…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 11, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate,…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 10, 2004
Receipt available as a pdf. “Once during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 9, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Vegetarian: a person who eats no meat, and sometimes no animal products…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 8, 2004
Day 8: Despite the claims of certain food nannies that McDonalds has a uniform menu throughout the country, I have found that this…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 7, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Receipt available as a pdf “So somebody ate at McDonalds…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 5, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Receipts available as a pdf. “A gentleman never…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 6, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Receipt available as a pdf Day 6: Exhausted. After traveling…
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DAILY DIARY: DEBUNK THE JUNK – APRIL 3, 2004
My academic journey has not been easy. Fortunately, I have always been very inquisitive and love reading so that combination has led me…
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DAILY DIARY – Debunk the Junk Report – APRIL 2, 2004
Receipts available as a pdf. “Even when all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.” – Bertrand…
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Q&A with Roger Bate and Richard Tren
Full Document Available in PDF CEI recently interviewed Dr.
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Q&A With Paul Driessen
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Sympathy for the Mosquito? Anti-Spraying Hysteria Reaches the Absurd
Full Document Available in PDF “Save Our…
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Soso’s receipts
Proof that Soso is adhering to her all McDonald's diet.
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March Edition of CEI’s Monthly Planet
Full Document Available in PDF “To Panic or Not to Pan? Farmed…
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USDA and the Peterkin Papers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's biotechnology regulations have been a shambles for more than fifteen years. Its compulsory case-by-case review and costly field…
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Why We Need Sound Science Rules
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> In the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />United Kingdom, the Sir…
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Frankenfood, Pro and Con
David Bowe writes in “Consumers Love Frankenfood” (editorial feature, Feb. 27) predicts that consumers will make their decision about genetically modified food…
CEI Planet
January-February Edition of CEI Monthly Planet
Full Document Available in PDF “The European Constitution Falls Apart,”…
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Creating Cow Concerns Should Make Mad Consumers
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />U.S. consumers are known for their affection for food, so it's a wonder most Americans…
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No, Not the NHS!
Whenever I hear the words “universal health care” — as I did during Sunday night's Democratic debate in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =…
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Technology for Life: How Biotech Will Save Billions from Starvation
Full article available in pdf format Today, most people around the world have access to a greater variety of nutritious…
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“Direct Action” The Tactics of Radical Activism: Part 1, How Environmental Groups Use Violent Tactics to Advance their
Full article available as a pdf. <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />July 8, 2000 –Kwajalein Atoll,…
