Economic Liberties Releases Health Care Agenda to Take On Big Medicine and Save Families Over $6,000 a Year
August 27, 2026 — As Big Medicine companies rake in unprecedented profits by charging Americans more for lower quality care and pushing independent practitioners out of business, Economic Liberties today released a comprehensive policy agenda to restore health care affordability and control to patients, clinicians, and communities across the country.
Meta’s $18 Billion Settlement Over Child Endangerment Is a First Step. Congress Must Rein In Big Tech, Says Economic Liberties
August 26, 2026 — Meta today agreed to a settlement of approximately $18 billion in a landmark case brought by a bipartisan coalition of 29 states over claims that the Big Tech company downplayed and misrepresented the mental health risks that its platforms pose to children. The settlement, which came one day after Instagram chief Adam Mosseri testified at trial in California, and before Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was expected to take the stand, will require a judge’s approval. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement calling for further action by congress:
Five Corporate Loopholes Are Undermining Surveillance Pricing Bans, According to New Economic Liberties Report
August 25, 2026 — As a nationwide push against surveillance pricing grows, the American Economic Liberties Project today released a brief — “Minding the Gaps in Surveillance Pricing Reform” — laying out how to make sure bans against the exploitative practice actually protect consumers and aren’t riddled with industry-approved carveouts that continue to let pricing abuses continue.
New Model Legislation Cracks Down on Big Real Estate’s Private Listings
August 24, 2026 — Economic Liberties today released new model legislation that would ensure that real estate listings are openly viewable to the public for both home purchases and rentals and that homebuyers do not have to commit to a particular brokerage or agent just to view listings.
New Economic Liberties Report Calls for Federal and State Bans on Prior Authorization
August 10, 2026 — The American Economic Liberties Project today released a report calling for federal and state bans on prior authorization, the process that lets private health insurers, rather than treating physicians, decide whether care is medically necessary before it can be covered. The report documents how private insurers use prior authorization to override physicians’ clinical judgment with little transparency or accountability — delaying care, worsening outcomes, and, in some cases, causing avoidable hospitalization and death.