Economic Liberties Letter Calls on House E&C Subcommittee on Health to Advance PBM Structural Reform
Prior to today’s hearing on pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health (the Subcommittee), the American Economic Liberties Project sent a letter calling on the Subcommittee to advance legislation to re-structure the PBM market. The letter follows Economic Liberties’ launch of its Break Up Big Medicine initiative, which has already mobilized more than 56,000 people to call on policymakers to eliminate the structural conflicts of interest that sit at the heart of the healthcare industry.
Economic Liberties Applauds Michigan House for Advancing Legislation to Ban Secret Deals
February 25, 2025 -- Following news that the Michigan House of Representatives has voted 80-28 to advance HB 4052 and HB 4053, a bill that would ban lawmakers and their staff from entering into nondisclosure agreements—which are often used to push through corporate subsidy deals in secret—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Announces New Senior Fellows With Experience at FTC and DOJ to Join the Organization
The American Economic Liberties Project today announced five new Senior Fellows and Advisors, each with crucial experience serving at the White House, Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division, who will join the organization and assist in advancing its mission to tackle monopoly power across the economy. The additions include Hannah Garden-Monheit and Sally Hubbard coming in as Senior Fellows, Catherine Simonsen and Katherine Van Dyck joining as Senior Legal Fellows, and Blake Narendra as a Senior Advisor.
New Report on “Surveillance Pricing” Exposes Harm to Workers and Consumers, Urges Public Enforcers and State Policymakers to Act
February 20, 2025 - Corporations are using mass surveillance and hidden algorithms to illegally inflate prices for consumers and suppress wages for workers, a new report from anti-monopoly, tech policy, workplace justice, and consumer rights advocates reveals.
Economic Liberties Launches Break Up Big Medicine Initiative to End Structural Conflicts of Interest in Healthcare
The American Economic Liberties Project today launched a new initiative, Break Up Big Medicine, to unite the millions of people across the country who are fed up with the power that consolidated healthcare conglomerates, private equity, and middlemen wield over our access to quality and affordable care—and push policymakers to end structural conflicts of interest across the industry.