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: October 24-30, 2026
FDA and innovation FDA and CMS move on personalized gene therapies. The FDA released draft guidance that lets developers of…
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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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Shaking up the Conventional Wisdom on Salt
View Full Document as PDF The notion that if you eat too much salt you will have high blood pressure has been…
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Tom Price Should Focus on Reversing ‘Mission Creep’ at HHS
If confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Rep. Tom Price should reverse decades of mission creep and refocus federal health agencies on their…
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CEI Joins Coalition Opposing FDA Rule on E-Cigarettes
View Full Document as PDF We, the undersigned organizations dedicated to free markets and innovation, urge you to amend the Food and Drug…
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Health Benefits of Alcohol Defended
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Death Rate Rose and Life Expectancy Recently Fell in America
The death rate increased 1.2% last year, and life expectancy fell in 2015, the most recent year for which data is available.
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A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 115th Congress
At CEI, we believe a clear agenda is necessary to move America toward economic growth, prosperity, and liberty for individuals to chart their own paths…