Healthcare giants flooded political campaigns with cash in 2017, per new analysis

The data underscore the political obstacles that advocates of healthcare reform face since almost all of the trade groups that received donations oppose a bigger role for the government in providing health insurance. The nation’s largest healthcare corporations gave at least $61 million directly to political campaigns, nonprofits, ballot initiatives, and trade associations during 2017, according to a MapLight analysis of newly released data. Read Full Story