Big Pharma

January 11, 2008

Pharmaceuticals.

Commentary: Pharmaceutical companies support national health care plans that pump additional monies into their coffers. Their goal is to lobby Washington to pump more money in the healthcare system at the expense of everyone else who’s seeing their dollar value fall and health care costs increase.

So it’s not surprising to see that the Democratic Candidates, who tout National Healthcare plans, lead the pack in donations:

Hillary Rodham Clinton	$ 49,500
Barack Obama	42,696
Mitt Romney	19,800
Rudolph W Giuliani	16,500
Christopher J Dodd	15,900
John S McCain	11,010
Ron Paul	7,028
Tommy G Thompson	4,800
John Edwards	4,484
Fred Dalton Thompson	4,350
Bill Richardson	1,400
Samuel Dale Brownback	1,250
Joseph R Jr Biden	1,100
Dennis J Kucinich	250

Notable Donors:

LECHLEITER, JOHN C. MR. – The COO of Eli Lilly supports Mitt Romney. Mitt had some ideas regarding mandating health insurance coverage, he implemented the plan in Massachusetts as governor. So it appears he’s also a “friend.”

The rest are assorted. No conclusion can be drawn from these results, I was expecting more. The total donation amount also is relatively low, considering I hit most of the major pharmaceuticals. Hillary Clinton, however, always seems to lead taking money from more executives and managerial level people at various corporations. Her influence is widespread.