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BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN

DC · US

Tracked direct giving

$25,000

LDA reported lobbying spend

$2,180,232

Connections

5

PAC Chain Attribution

Where BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN’s money ended up

Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this

$14K
modeled estimate
40 paths across 40 counterparties
$720modeled estimateattributed to Austin Theriault
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$720modeled estimateBLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Austin TheriaultmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$693modeled estimateattributed to Michelle Steel
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$693modeled estimateBLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Michelle SteelmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$682modeled estimateattributed to Anthony D’Esposito
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$678modeled estimateattributed to Tom Barrett
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$678modeled estimateBLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Tom BarrettmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$652modeled estimateattributed to Laurie Buckhout
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$652modeled estimateBLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Laurie BuckhoutmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$625modeled estimateattributed to Ryan Mackenzie
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$625modeled estimateBLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ryan MackenziemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$578modeled estimateattributed to Garcia, Mike
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$578modeled estimateBLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Garcia, MikemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$566modeled estimateattributed to Marcus J. Molinaro
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$566modeled estimateBLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Marcus J. MolinaromediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 32 additional chains totaling $9K.

$14K attributed (modeled estimate) across 40 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

HCRHealth Issues
$3.8M
MMMMedicare/Medicaid
$3.8M
PHAPharmacy
$3.5M
INSInsurance
$45K

Lobbying Firms Retained

In-house lobbyists (filed as its own registrant)$3.8M
DENNIS M. HERTEL & ASSOCIATES$60K

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

H.R. 1insulin

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$25,000Oct 2, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Lobbied onInsulin Price Caps - State-Level LegislationLDA filing: lobbied on Insulin Price Caps, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $269,075Source
Lobbied onH.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs ActLDA filing: lobbied on Lower Energy Costs Act, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $269,075Source
Lobbied onPharmacy Benefit Manager Reform ActLDA filing: lobbied on PBM Reform Act, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $269,075Source
Lobbied onPrior Authorization Reform (Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act)LDA filing: lobbied on Prior Authorization Reform, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $269,075Source
RetainedDENNIS M. HERTEL & ASSOCIATESHired DENNIS M. HERTEL & ASSOCIATES to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source