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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Congress gets into the PBM business
In the recently passed appropriations bill, Congress enacted several Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) reforms it has been contemplating for years. On the surface, these…
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Reform Obamacare, Don’t Just Extend It
Obamacare must be reformed, not just extended, as the House recently voted to do. Intended as a program to help people gain insurance coverage, it…
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Jeremy Nighohossian, Competitive Enterprise Institute “Trump Healthcare Plan a Mixed Bag”: Freedom Works Radio Show
Freedom Works Radio show interviews CEI’s expert on healthcare Listen to Freedom Works Radio…
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President Trump’s Great Healthcare Plan presents a mixed bag of reforms: CEI analysis
Today, the Trump administration announced its “Great Healthcare Plan,” which suggested reforms and policies aimed at addressing rising healthcare prices. CEI’s Jeremy Nighohossian says that…
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House votes to extend Obamacare subsidies, prolonging problems: CEI analysis
On Thursday, the House passed a three-year extension of the enhanced premium tax credits for Obamacare enrollees. These enhanced credits were originally created during COVID…
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HSAs: A silver bullet for the silver loading conundrum
After the longest government shutdown in American history — ostensibly caused by the expiration of the expanded Obamacare subsidies — Republicans have debated health care…
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Rescheduling marijuana to a less restrictive category will benefit liberty and public health
President Trump signed an executive order today intended to fast track the rescheduling of cannabis from a Schedule I substance, the same as heroin,…
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CEI Study: Government laws against pharmacy ownership would increase costs, restrict access for consumers
Innovation is reshaping how Americans get their prescription medications. Whether picking up medications in person, ordering online, or getting same-day delivery from services like Capsule,…
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A Free Market is the Best Medicine
Introduction The pharmaceutical supply market is seeing extraordinarily high levels of innovation and consumer-benefiting evolution. The combination of a competitive market for generic drugs, rapid…