LEVER WEEKLY: Fauci Meets The Health Insurance Lobbyists

This is Lever Weekly, a recap of our work from the past week. If you only read one email from us all week, this should be it.

Stuff The Lever Reported This Week:

• The Unfolding Medicaid Disaster — Now that Biden and Congress have ended pandemic protections, nearly a million have lost Medicaid coverage for procedural reasons so far — and many more will.

• The System Makes Patients Sick And CEOs Rich — Healthcare executives’ pay topped $335 million last year while 100 million Americans were saddled with medical debt.

• The State That May Let Corporations Vote In Elections — Delaware Democrats could pass GOP legislation letting businesses cast ballots in a municipal election.

• Bruce Brown’s Dilemma Is The American Economy — A professional athlete’s tough choice in a country with barely any safety net.

• YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Amazon Under Fire — Also, Apple is called out for union busting, Arkansas makes landmark progress on gender-affirming health care, New York tenants get climate protections, and more.

Stuff To Watch Or Listen To:

• LEVER TIME: Boots Riley On The Writers Strike, Organized Labor, And His New TV Show — David interviews the director, musician, and activist Boots Riley about social justice and his new show I’m A Virgo.

• MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: The Matrix (w/ Wren Mack) — Rivka and Frank discuss the 1999 sci-fi masterpiece The Matrix.

• THE AUDIT: Ward Cleaver Is My Safe Word — The team discusses several PragerU videos about male identity.

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