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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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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This week in health care policy: October 8–15, 2026
Innovation watch Merck expects faster production of its personalized cancer vaccine. CEO Rob Davis told CNBC the six-week turnaround for…
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CEI Comments Before FDA on Bioengineered Foods
COMMENTS OF THE COMMENTS OF THE COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE TO THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE…
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Hope, Not Hype, in the Golden Grains
Two years ago, practically no one had ever heard of Ingo Potrykus Two years ago, practically no one had ever heard of…
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Designer Jeans from Designer Genes: Henry Miller National Post Op-Ed
California Gov Published February 12, 2001 The National Post (Canada) Self-styled environmentalists have been virtually unanimous in opposing biotechnology,…
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FDA Fails to Give Olestra Fair Weight: Henry Miller LA Times Op-Ed
Published in the Los Angeles Times Published in the Los Angeles Times February 4, 2001 The sad…
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Will Last-Minute Flood of FDA Rules Keep New Drugs, Foods off Market?
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Thumbs Down On FDA Rules For Biotech Food
Washington, D.C. January 17, 2001 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued a strong condemnation of proposed new regulations for genetically-engineered foods released today…