Politico reports:
“Health industries that supported reform are transforming their financial loyalties, cozying up with Republicans as midterms loom. Motivations, sources tell POLITICO, are complex, some standard pre-election posturing but also a way to signal disapproval to the White House. As for the data though, it couldn't be more clear: The Center for Responsive Politics ran the numbers for us and found a huge shift away from political giving to Democrats as health reform became more of a certainty, even among those who signed on as key partners in passing the overhaul.”
An insurance industry source tells Politico that President Obama’s repeated attacks on insurers is the primary reason for this shift in contributions:
“What happens when you spend a year and a half attacking people, going after an industry? There's going to be some response there, I would imagine.”
