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Schumer Took a $66k Bundle of Checks From the Health Insurance Industry’s Top Lobbyist

By Donald Shaw,

Published on Nov 23, 2021   —   3 min read

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer disclosed receiving $66,000 in bundled donations from the president and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans.

Summary

The bundle was given as the health insurance industry was lobbying against Medicare dental, vision, and hearing coverage being included in the Build Back Better Act.

In the third quarter of this year, as the Democratic leaders of Congress were scrambling to decide what to keep in President Biden’s reconciliation package and what to cut, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer accepted a $66,000 bundle of campaign contributions from the head of the health insurance industry’s top lobbying group. 

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