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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This week in health care policy: October 24-30, 2026
FDA and innovation FDA and CMS move on personalized gene therapies. The FDA released draft guidance that lets developers of…
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Market-oriented reforms that can save Medicare $100 billion
Since 1970, Medicare spending has grown from 0.7 percent of GDP to 4.0 percent of GDP, and it is projected to grow even further.
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This week in health care policy: October 16–23, 2026
Medical innovation FDA approves several innovative treatments. Last week, the FDA granted accelerated approval to GSK’s Jemperli for certain untreated…
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Mandatory GMO Food Labeling Implies Risks Where There Are None
This offering comes under the heading of “Wish I had written that.” In a recent issue of Forbes, Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko wrote …
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Businessmen: Obamacare Stops Them from Hiring
Journalist John Stossel describes how "three successful businessmen came on" his TV show last week "to explain how Obamacare is a reason that unemployment stays…
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Stoking Fears About ‘No More Tears’
For as long as there have been cosmetics, they’ve been part of the holidays. They’re popular Christmas gifts and part of looking good at big…
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The FDA vs. Commercial Speech
The ability of physicians to prescribe approved medicines for purposes not sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one of the most important…
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FDA Needs to Act on Internet and Social Media Policy
Way back in September 2009, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would begin using the social media site Twitter to share news and other…
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Over-The-Counter Plan B? What Would Jed Bartlet Do?
Back in March 2009, President Obama issued a memorandum on scientific integrity to the heads of executive branch agencies and departments.
