evidence: Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg unveiled his health care plan on Thursday, outlining a middle-of-the-road approach that allows people to opt into a government-backed health insurance option but lets them keep their private insurance plans if they like them. [...] Buttigieg said in a statement around his plan’s release that American health care is "at this moment of crisis because of a failure of leadership." "For years, Washington politicians have allowed the pharmaceutical industry, giant insurance companies, and powerful hospital systems to profit off of people when they are at their sickest and most vulnerable," he said. "My ‘Medicare for All Who Want It’ plan will create a health care system that puts power in the hands of each American."