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: September 28 – October 2, 2026
Drug pricing CMS finalizes GLOBE pilot. On September 30, CMS finalized the Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing model, a…
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This week in health care policy: September 21–25, 2026
Innovation watch FDA approves the first treatment for Sanfilippo syndrome. On September 17, the FDA approved Ultragenyx’s Fayuvi, a one-time…
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How The No Surprises Act worsened the problem of surprise bills
Next week, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) will convene a roundtable to discuss adjustments to the 2020 No Surprises Act, which has come under…
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Institute Calls for USDA to Truly Reinvent Itself in Wake of Strawberry Fiasco
WASHINGTON, DC April 2, 1997– As thousands of public school students prepare to get hepatitis vaccines due to contaminated school lunch strawberry desserts distributed…
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National Poll on Air Bags Shows Need for Change
WASHINGTON, DC March 28, 1997 — By a ratio of nearly 3 to 1, the public favors giving people the choice of purchasing a…
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Sudden Impact: The Collision Between The Air Bag Mandate And Ethics
Full Document Available in PDF Air bags…
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New CEI Study: Promising Treatments Delayed by FDA
Charging that outgoing FDA Commissioner David Kessler has left a legacy of increased bureaucracy and deadly overcaution, the Competitive Enterprise Institute will release a new…
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New FDA Bill Offers Hope for the Desperate
The Access to Medical Treatment Act (H.R. 746 ), a bipartisan bill being introduced in the House today, marks a step forward in both medicine…
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Air Bag Hearings Turn Deaf Ear to Consumer Choice
Two free market-advocacy groups charged that today's Senate hearing on air bags was a meaningless replay that failed to consider real alternatives to the current…