Critics of government funding of comparative effectiveness research (CER) believe it is inappropriate for the government to fund CER. They believe that: Question 10 options: the government would ultimately use the CER findings to establish medical practice guidelines, limit access to treatments, and refuse to pay for expensive new drugs. the government already spends too much on medical services and do not want the government to start a new government-funded program. government-funded research is rarely as good as privately funded research conducted by private researchers. the government would bias the CER results to reduce access to certain drugs