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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Don’t hinder biosimilar development
In its most recent legislative session, the Florida legislature considered precluding pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from holding an investment interest in biosimilar manufacturing. That…
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The unseen costs of banning PBM-owned pharmacies in Tennessee
Tennessee lawmakers recently passed the FAIR Rx Act, which would bar companies from owning pharmacies while also operating a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and…
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Trump’s State of the Union: A closer look at the claims
Last night, President Trump delivered a State of the Union address filled with optimism, applause lines, and bold claims about the country’s direction. There…
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The GOP and the Health Insurance Mandate
With the health insurance individual purchase mandate looking more vulnerable than ever, Democrats are trying desperately to get some mileage out…
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Suspend Obamacare Rules Until SCOTUS Decision
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Suspend Obamacare’s Burdensome Rules Until SCOTUS Decision
Monday’s decision by Florida federal judge Roger Vinson striking down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — also known as Obamacare — in…
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No Severability, No ObamaCare
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Obamacare Struck Down by Florida Judge; Properly Applies Severability Principles to Invalidate Whole Law
A judge in Florida just declared the health care law known as “Obamacare” unconstitutional, ruling it void in its entirety. Judge Vinson rightly…
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Second Federal Judge Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional
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Judge Vinson Strikes Down PPACA
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Florida Judge Strikes Down Obamacare, Amicus Author CEI Praises Decision
Washington, D.C., January 31, 2011 — A federal judge in Florida today struck down Obamacare, the president’s signature health care take-over. CEI, which had filed…
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Obamacare Struck Down As Unconstitutional by Florida Judge
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Yes, Obamacare is a Government Takeover of the Health Care System
In Tuesday’s Washington Post, Glenn Kessler looked at Republican claims about Obamacare, such as the claim that it “is a ‘government takeover’ of the health…
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Are Biofuel Policies Fueling a Global Food Crisis?
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Reject the Precautionary Principle, a Threat to Technological Progress
Liberate to Stimulate Index Increasingly, governments and environmental activists are demanding that producers of both new and old technologies prove that their…
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Reduce Burdensome Regulation of Medicines and Medical Devices
Liberate to Stimulate Index Over the past century, American consumers have benefited from thousands of new pharmaceuticals and medical devices to help…
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Improve Food Safety and Quality through Greater Information, Consumer Choice, and Legal Accountability
Liberate to Stimulate Index Few issues are as important to consumers as the safety and quality of their food—from microbial contaminants to…
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Protect Incentives for Pharmaceutical Innovation
Liberate to Stimulate Index In recent years, Congress has faced mounting public pressure to “do something” about the rapidly rising prices of…
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No Call to Arms in Fight Against Health Care Reform (Letter to the Editor)
When I first heard about the Tucson shootings, I expected people to rush out and blame talk radio, regardless of contrary evidence. But I never…
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US Loses Ground in 2011 Index of Economic Freedom
The U.S. dropped from 8 to 9 on the just-released “Index of Economic Freedom” put out by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street…
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The FDA Needs Strong Medicine
Christmas came a couple of weeks late to the business sectors regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. The greatest threat to the success of…
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Sack Vilsack!
Something is very wrong at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The secretary, Tom Vilsack, is letting hypothetical claims by organic farmers–who produce less than 1%…
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A Spoonful of Sugar Will Soon Cost More
Despite many years of success with genetically modified plants, various environmentalists won’t stop trying to obstruct biotech foodstuffs. First they tried to frighten consumers away…
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Premium Power Grab: Feds Take Control of Insurance Prices
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Obamacare Litigation: The Pennhurst Argument
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December 23 roundup
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Activists Target Important Agricultural Fertilizer
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Protect Incentives for Pharmaceutical Innovation
Full Document Available in PDF In recent years, Congress has faced mounting public pressure…
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Improve Food Safety and Quality though Greater Information, Consumer Choice, and Legal Accountability
Full Document Available in PDF Few…
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Recognize the Deadly Effects of Over-Regulating Medicines and Medical Devices
Full Document Available in PDF Over the past…
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Reject the Precautionary Principle, a Threat to Technological Progress
Full Document Available in PDF Increasingly, governments and environmental activists…
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Obamacare Makes State Budget Problems Worse
Obamacare is making state budget problems much worse, as governors now lament. Earlier, CEI filed an amicus brief in Florida v. HHS on…
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Happy Meal Lawsuit, cont’d
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Should Obamacare Be Struck Down In Its Entirety Rather Than Just Having Its Unconstitutional Parts Severed?
In his ruling striking down Obamacare’s individual mandate (requirement that people buy health insurance), Judge Hudson in Richmond declined to strike down the rest…
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Judge Should Have Struck Down Entire Law (Letter to the Editor)
This editorial about a federal judge striking down Obamacare’s individual insurance-purchase mandate rightly noted that the law lacks a severability clause. Because of…
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Is Obamacare’s Government Healthcare Takeover a “Civil Right”?
Doug Powers takes aim at the silly argument by the Obama administration that opposing Obamacare is analogous to opposing basic civil rights. As he…
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Reactions to Court Ruling Striking Down Part of Obamacare in Virginia v. Sebelius
Yesterday, a federal judge in Richmond struck down Obamacare’s requirement that individuals buy health insurance. Cato Institute’s Ilya Shapiro reacts to the decision…
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V.A. Judge Rules Against Obama’s Health Care Law
A Virginia federal judge has declared federal health care legislation unconstitutional. In response to the decision, which was handed down earlier today, CEI General…
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Ruling in Virginia’s Challenge to Obamacare Individual Mandate Expected Today
A ruling in Virginia’s constitutional challenge to Obamacare’s individual mandate is expected later today. The Competitive Enterprise Institute joined in an amicus brief filed…
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Food Safety: Why Is the Food Safety Bill So Controversial?
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Judge to Obamacare architects: Ahem. Meet the Constitution, power-grabbers.
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Obamacare Mandate as Unconstitutional
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The Health Care Law Under the Judicial Knife: Some Early Reactions
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McDonald’s Obesity Class Action Dismissed
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People Do What You Pay Them to Do
This seems like an obvious statement. But Big Government is shocked — shocked! — when it pays doctors to perform surgeries instead of taking time for…
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Government Health Programs Skew Incentives; People Respond
Forget QE2; this is QED. When a health-care providing government pays doctors according to how many procedures they perform, rather than by the effectiveness or…
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The Food Industry Plays Regulatory Roulette
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Food safety bill update (and welcome readers)
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More FDA Authority Won’t Improve Food Safety
In its rush to enact sweeping new food safety legislation during the lame-duck session, Congress hit a procedural roadblock that may put the bill off…
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The Environmental Impact Subterfuge
Action needs to be taken to prevent anti-biotech activists from co-opting environmental law to derail the planting of transgenic crops that have already received regulatory…
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Trimming the Fat
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Safe Drinking Water Act Overview
Full Document Available in PDF Since passage of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)…