Major health companies and trade groups suspend campaign contributions after Capitol riot
WASHINGTON — Following last week’s riot here, several major health care corporations are re-evaluating their support for the 147 Republican lawmakers who voted against certifying the results of November’s presidential election.
The list, so far, is short: The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an insurer federation, said this week it would pause contributions specifically to candidates who effectively voted to overturn the result of a U.S. presidential election. Drug manufacturers Gilead Sciences and Amgen, as well as BIO, the biotech lobbying group, said they would pause contributions to all candidates regardless of how they voted on election certification, according to spokespeople. UnitedHealth Group and Boston Scientific, the medical device giant, said the same.
