Where Did The Public Option Go?
Democrats have completely forgotten about a public health insurance option, choosing instead to deliver expensive subsidies to their industry donors.
Health Care
Deep dives into the political corruption and corporate bureaucracy that keeps Americans sick while making executives rich.
Schumer Lets Aide Kill Key Drug Price Reforms
The decision comes as Schumer is now the Senate’s #2 recipient of pharmaceutical industry campaign cash.
Amazon Joins The Medicare Privatization Spree
The retail behemoth has acquired One Medical, which is in the Medicare privatization business.
Junk Science Is Being Used To Attack Trans Youth
In Florida and elsewhere, Republican lawmakers are using faulty research to deny young people access to vital gender-affirming care.
The DNC’s Disastrous Post-Roe Message
Democrats’ first stab at warning voters about the GOP threat to abortion rights could have the opposite effect.
Hospitals Are Flouting — And Fighting — Price Transparency Rules
Now one state is fighting back with an innovative new law to crack down on hospitals hiding their fees.
The Health Crisis In Joe Manchin’s Backyard
A free medical clinic down the road from the corporate senator’s West Virginia home helped fill in the gaps of a medical system failing the country’s most vulnerable.
WATCH NOW: Biden’s Medicare Premium Hike
The Lever’s new video reveals how Biden approved the largest-ever Medicare premium increase while enriching insurance execs who bankrolled his campaign.
Biden Hikes Medicare Prices And Funnels Profits to Private Insurers
The largest-ever Medicare premium increase will pad the pockets of insurance executives who donated millions to the president’s election campaign.
DeSantis Donors Get Nursing Home Dereg
Florida’s Republican politicians are shielding their campaign donors from liability while chipping away at safety standards for elderly residents.