EXCLUSIVE — Advocacy organizations run by major political donors were given an inside and publicly undisclosed role in shaping healthcare policy under former President Joe Biden, previously unreported government records show.

Emails obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request by the Public Health Reform Alliance and shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner show that top Biden administration officials turned to Arnold Ventures and the Commonwealth Fund to advise them on health policy and provided them with access to power brokers at private dinners and happy hours. A Washington Examiner review of campaign finance records found that the leadership of both philanthropies has collectively donated millions of dollars to Democratic political efforts over the years, in some cases to Biden.