Democrats See Healthcare Reform as Key to Midterm Success

The rising cost of healthcare is a major concern for American voters, and Democrats may have found a solution in Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Break Up Big Medicine Act.

The bill aims to break up huge conglomerates that have made the current healthcare system expensive and frustrating to navigate.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently introduced the Break Up Big Medicine Act, which would split up these near-monopolies, as businessman Mark Cuban put it, could bring costs down by 40%.

The insurers like UnitedHealth or Cigna don't just sell coverage; they've consolidated power over virtually every part of our healthcare system, operating hospitals, clinics and pharmacy networks, using that control to generate billions in profits, by pushing patients toward care at the facilities they control.