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The powerful do not like to be exposed. They flourish in darkness. The Lever shines light in the darkest corners of our politics, and our work has continually held the powerful accountable — leading to tangible benefits for people like you.

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I’m Helen Santoro, and I’m a reporter who focuses mainly on health care issues. This month, I broke a crucial story about how Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield was trying to skirt their way out of paying for patients’ anesthesia coverage during medical procedures if the operation went over an arbitrary time limit. 

The new policy was hidden deep in the insurers’ website, surely with the hope that nobody would find it. But we did, and we called them out. Less than 24 hours later, I received an email from Anthem saying they were revoking the policy — stopping it from impacting more than eight million people. Perhaps you were one of them.

In the midst of the health care uproar following the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, it was incredibly rewarding to see immediate, sweeping change thanks to our diligent and fast-paced coverage. 

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