Chamber's Anti Health Care Advocacy Financed By Insurers, Big-Dollar Contributions | TPMDC

Chamber's Anti Health Care Advocacy Financed By Insurers, Big-Dollar Contributions | TPMDC: "In 2009, a single $86.2 million contribution from the health insurance industry's largest trade association, AHIP, accounted for almost half of the Chamber of Commerce's total contributions. Much of that money was dedicated to the Chamber's then-escalating campaign against the health care reform bill -- a campaign the Chamber characterized as an advocacy effort on behalf of the broader business community."