Pharmaceutical and Other Health Care Corporations Funnel Dark Money to Republicans to Defeat " Leftward " Democratic Candidates - Partisanship Trumps Social Responsibility

Discussion and SummaryThis is now the fifth time we have discussed the role ofdark money in health care.- In 2012 wediscussed a case of "dark money" being used to conceal sources of support for particular health policy and political positions.- Earlier this year,  wediscussed the case of huge pharmacy chain CVS,which proclaims its " social responsibility, " and its policy of only making charitable contributions to improve " health and healthcare nationwide. "  Yet CVS was donating to America First Policies, a supposed non-profit group devoted to promoting the partisan agenda of President Trump, including " repealing and replacing Obamacare, " and immigration policies such as building the " wall " and deporting  " illegal immigrants. " (Note that these CVS dark money contributions were separate from those discussed above.)- In September, wediscussed how the pharmaceutical trade organization, PhRMA, and some large drug companies donated money to a dark money organization to combat a state initiative to limit pharmaceutical prices, but also to the American Action Network (see above) to " repeal and replace " the Affordable Care Act (ACA, " Obamacare " ) despite their previous support for and then current neutrality on the ACA.- In October, we discussed how many health care corporations were donating to dark money groups, predominantly groups, like the US Chamber of Commerce, devoted to distinctly right-wing causes, almost all lately related to the Republican party...
Source: Health Care Renewal - Category: Health Management Tags: corporatism dark money deception Eli Lilly Genentech Roche stealth health policy advocacy stealth lobbying US Chamber of Commerce Source Type: blogs