THE HILL — Health insurance executives are tilting their campaign giving toward Republicans even as they work closely with the White House to sign people up for ObamaCare.
The insurance industry’s lead political action committee, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) PAC, has donated $162,500 to Republicans this election cycle, compared to $115,500 to Democrats, according to a review of campaign records by The Hill.
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Individual donations by major health insurance executives follow the same pattern.
Donations from the 14 insurance leaders who met with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell on Sept. 4 have favored the GOP by a margin of more than 2 to 1, records show.
Some of those officials have contributed evenly to both parties or favored Democrats, but three of the insurance leaders have given heavily to the GOP.
Read more at The Hill.
