New Economic Liberties Report Exposes Rise of Private Jets Clogging Congested Skies While Taxpayers Foot the Bill
February 5, 2026 – The American Economic Liberties Project today released a new report, “Making Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share: How Private Jet Travel Congests America’s Airports.” The paper identifies the political and policy factors exacerbating the problems caused by private jets, and provides a comprehensive set of policy options to ensure that air travel remains both safe and equitable moving forward.
The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Keep Medicare Advantage Payments Stagnant is the Right Step, Economic Liberties Urges Further Cuts
January 28, 2026 – In response to reporting that the Trump administration proposes to raise federal payments to private Medicare Advantage insurers by less than 0.1% in 2027, far short of both last year’s 5.1% increase and Wall Street’s expectations, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Applauds Launch of Congressional Lowering Utility Bills Caucus
January 23, 2026 – Following the launch of the Congressional Lowering Utility Bills Caucus, spearheaded by Representative Josh Riley (NY-19) and including Reps. Laura Gillen (D-NY), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), and Chris Deluzio (D-PA), the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Applauds New York City’s Crackdown on Hotel Junk Fee
January 22, 2026 – Following a final rule announced by the Mamdani Administration yesterday to ban hotels across New York City and the country from charging consumers hidden junk fees, requiring transparent, all-in pricing for hotel stays marketed to New York City consumers, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Congress Should Follow Rep. AOC’s Lead and Finally Break Up Big Medicine Conglomerates
January 22, 2026 – Following comments today from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during a hearing with major health insurance company executives, where she described the harms of vertical integration in the healthcare industry and called for policies to break up Big Medicine insurance conglomerates, the American Economic Liberties Project (which started the Break Up Big Medicine initiative) released the following statement.