Friday, November 25, 2016

A Battle to Change Medicare Is Brewing, Whether Trump Wants It or Not

For nearly six years, Speaker Paul D. Ryan has championed the new approach, denounced by Democrats as “voucherizing” Medicare. Representative Tom Price of Georgia, the House Budget Committee chairman and a leading candidate to be Mr. Trump’s secretary of health and human services, has also embraced the idea, known as premium support.




TotalIndivsPACs
Northwestern Mutual $256,335$164,335$92,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $144,550$46,050$98,500
Koch Industries $130,222$42,222$88,000
National Assn of Home Builders $107,200$5,700$101,500
National Beer Wholesalers Assn $100,500$3,000$97,500
Abbott Laboratories $99,300$25,050$74,250
AT&T Inc $96,230$7,730$88,500
FedEx Corp $94,600$33,600$61,000
Pfizer Inc $93,005$54,505$38,500
National Assn of Insurance & Financial Advisors $92,500$0$92,500
USAA $90,620$47,120$43,500
Credit Suisse Group $89,325$21,825$67,500
National Auto Dealers Assn $88,500$0$88,500
Bank of America $84,644$36,644$48,000
American Hospital Assn $82,586$43,686$38,900
National Assn of Realtors $81,760$6,100$75,660
Blackstone Group $81,700$79,200$2,500
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance $79,385$8,385$71,000
Investment Co Institute $78,999$5,500$73,499
JPMorgan Chase & Co $76,475$17,475$59,000
This table lists the top donors to this candidate in 1997-2016.
 The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the
 organizations' PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those 
 individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.