CFPB Clarifies Authority to Combat Corporate Abuse
April 3, 2023 — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released a new policy statement to define abusive conduct in consumer financial markets and summarize supporting precedents. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Senate Finance Committee Hearing Illustrates Broad Bipartisan Consensus to Combat Pharmacy Benefit Managers
March 30, 2023 — After years of relentless campaigning by patient advocates, healthcare providers, and policy experts, a Senate Finance Committee hearing today showed that Democrats and Republicans now agree Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are contributing to today’s drug affordability and access crisis.
New CFPB Rule Promotes Fair and Competitive Access to Credit for Small Businesses
March 30, 2023 — In response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s unveiling of a final rule addressing Small Business Lending Data Collection, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Business Interests Dominate U.S. Trade Advisory System, Gain Access to Trade-Pact Texts Kept Secret from Public, New Economic Liberties Research Shows
March 30, 2023 — More than 400 U.S. trade advisors representing corporate interests can access classified trade texts and secretive processes while the public, press, and, to some degree, even Congress are locked out, a new website launched today by American Economic Liberties Project’s Rethink Trade program reveals
Ohio Attorney General Yost Rightly Challenges PBM Mafia
March 28, 2023 — In response to a new lawsuit from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s targeting pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts and its allies for collusion, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.