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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FDA deserves credit for approval pancreatic cancer drug
The FDA on August 26 approved a new breakthrough drug to treat pancreatic cancer. CEI Senior Fellow and Economist Jeremy Nighohossian praised…
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What Trump’s vaccine executive order actually does
Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal health agencies to revise childhood vaccine recommendations, reducing the number of vaccines recommended for…
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Trump administration decision highlights disastrous Part D redesign
The Trump administration recently announced the end of a demonstration project that was pulled together by the Biden administration as the Inflation Reduction…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY A new report by the Centers for Disease Control finds dramatically lower levels…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Critics of industry-funded science point to alleged conflict-of-interest violations by NIH researchers. Many of…
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Issues in the News 1. PRIVACY A group of Senators introduces legislation that would regulate consumer data privacy. CEI Expert…
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First Step in Fuel Economy Reform Should Be Assessing CAFE’s Lethal Effect
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Issues in the News 1. AUTOMOBILITY The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposes new fuel economy rules based on car…
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Why Stop with Non-Judges?
Senate Democrats have urged President Bush to appoint to the Supreme Court candidates from outside the judiciary. Their idea is to add diversity of…
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No Fizz in Soda Scare
The food police filed a petition this week with the federal government to require that regular (non-diet) soft drinks carry health warning labels. But…
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Short-Term Memory
An unwitting yet hideous example of the politically correct, “can't-we-move-on” short memories of the elites exposed in Tony Blankley's spot-on analysis “Short memories,…
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‘Big Lie’ Enough to Make Drug Industry Ill
Activism can be a good thing. We all benefit from getting to shop in the marketplace of ideas. However, all is not good-faith activism. Take,…
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Issues in the News 1. CIVIL LIBERTIES Members of Congress move to restrict some of the most controversial elements…
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1. REGULATION Washington Post columnist Cindy Skrzycki cites CEI’s most recent regulatory study, Ten Thousand Commandments. CEI Expert Available to Comment:…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING The Bush Administration’s position on global warming is affirmed at the G8…
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Trillion-Dollar Radiation Mistake?, by Steven Milloy
A federal research panel last week concluded that there is no safe exposure to radiation. It’s a conclusion based on assumptions about cancer…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT The G8 nations propose a new aid package for Africa. CEI Expert Available…
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The UN at 60, by Henry Miller and Gregory Conko
The United Nations, now celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the signing of its charter, is not aging well. Its officials are being accused…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Politicians and economic experts from around the world gather in Scotland this week for…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY The recording industry launches another round of lawsuits against users of peer-to-peer file…
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Kernals of Truth, by Henry Miller
The world is going corn-crazy and maize-mad . . . again. Five years ago, there was near-hysteria over “contamination” of yellow corn and…
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The UN’s Silent Scandal, by Henry Miller and Gregory Conko
The United Nations is being accused of all manner of criminality and corruption these days, ranging from sexual assaults by peacekeepers in <?xml:namespace…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate votes today on major energy legislation. From CEI: Director of…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL A ruling from the Supreme Court is expected today on the Grokster copyright…
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Rock Stars’ Activism Could Be Put to Better Use, by Steven J. Milloy
Bob Geldof’s Live 8 (search) concerts scheduled for July 2 will spotlight the problem of global poverty ahead of the July 6-8 G8 summit…
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Issues in the News 1. FINANCE The Securities and Exchange Commission gets taken to task by a federal appeals…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT The White House is backing a bill that would allow for offshore fish farms in…
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Issues in the News 1. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY The House Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs examines government red…
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Issues in the News 1. CIVIL LIBERTIES A coalition of conservatives and liberals unite to oppose the renewal of…
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Enviros, Homeland Security Threaten Drinking Water Safety
Chlorinated drinking water is generally regarded as one of the most important advances in public health. Yet the lifesaving practice of chlorination has never…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Microsoft and the EU Competition Commission have apparently reached an agreement over the Commission’s 2004…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Food and Drug Administration officials are urging drug safety reviewers to…
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Issues in the News 1. TOBACCO Attorneys for the U.S. Justice Department pursuing a racketeering case against major tobacco companies…
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1. PRIVACY United Parcel Service loses computer tapes containing financial records for 3.9 million Citigroup Inc. customers. From CEI: Vice President…
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The Revolution Spins toward More Regulation
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced a project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in…
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1. AUTOMOBILITY Many states are attempting to encourage ownership of hybrid powered vehicles by allowing owners driving alone to use carpool commuter…
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Issues in the News 1. CYBERSECURITY Advice is pouring in for the Department of Homeland Security’s as yet unnamed new…
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PETA or Medical Research? by Steven J. Milloy
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals launched a campaign last week against a drug testing company for alleged violations of animal welfare laws.<?xml:namespace…
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Issues in the News 1. TRANSPORTATION Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta warns Amtrak that federal funds may not be available to bail…
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Infant Formula Ambush by Henry I. Miller
Self-styled public-health activists often pursue issues that are surrogates for their real agenda. One example is the continuing attack on infant formula. Activists'…
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Issues in the News 1. SPAM E-MAIL Spam “zombies”—computers that are hijacked to send out a spammer’s unwanted email messages—get…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY A small group of U.S. House members is proposing new federal rules for disposal…
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Issues in the News 1. CIVIL LIBERTIES The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence begins debate over whether to renew…
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Issues in the News 1. ECONOMIC LIBERTY The union campaign against Wal-Mart expands in the Washington,…
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Infant Formula Fanatics Should Stop Milking the Issue, by Henry Miller
Self-styled public health activists often pursue issues that are surrogates for their real agenda. One example is the continuing attack on infant formula. The…
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If Wishes Were Horses, This Would Be the Kentucky Derby
GENEVA, Switzerland—The 58th World Health Assembly (the World Health Organization's policy-making body) under way here brings to mind the cliché about the contestants…
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Obesity Hysteria Survives Despite Official Debunking
Obesity hysteria recently collapsed under its own weight. But the public health establishment, media and politicians are doing their best to revive it.Researchers from…
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PhRMA President Billy Tauzin To Keynote CEI Annual Dinner
Washington, D.C., May 9, 2005—In his first address to a non-healthcare industry audience since taking the top drug industry post in January, Pharmaceutical Research and…
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Time to End the Breast Implant Circus
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration convened an expert advisory panel to review and make recommendations on two silicone breast implants…
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American Dream or American Politics?
To the Editor: Roland J. Hwang has a curious approach to the issue of the auto industry's future (“Hybrids can propel Big 3…
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Quaky Nutritionists Cross the Line
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine recently celebrated its 20th birthday at a star-studded gala (and vegan dinner) attended by Alec Baldwin, Alicia…
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One, Two, Many Broken Windows
Full Document Available in PDF Albert Einstein is often attributed with defining…