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Money / PACs

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Corporate PAC FEC C00194746

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$292K
Paid to lobbying firms $1.9M

No in-house lobbyists. The figure is what 5 outside firms reported being paid by the company (LD-2, rounded to $10K). 1 report listed less than $5,000 and counts as $0 here. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Blue Cross Blue Shield Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), through 5 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
  • Medicare/Medicaid8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8

From the filings

“Issues related to Medicare Advantage; Issues related to site neutral payments; Issues related to PBM reforms; S. 1105, No UPCODE Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Medicare/Medicaid
“Medicare and private health insurance.”
Q3 2026 filing · Medicare/Medicaid

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Centers For Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCMS
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • Internal Revenue ServiceIRS
  • LaborDOL
  • Treasury
  • White House Office

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends. The company’s state member companies file separately and are not included.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 89 sitting members of Congress and 2 other candidates in 2025–26.

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