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BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA

CA · US

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$20,000

LDA reported lobbying spend

$2,480,000

Connections

5

The Money Trail

How money flowed from BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA

$20K
3 transactions across 2 counterparties
sum of 3 tracked donations shown

BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA directed $10K to DSCC across 2 contributions between May 2015 and April 2016.

May 2015 – Apr 2016individual
$20K tracked across 2 counterparties (sum of 3 tracked donations shown)

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
$1.9M
PHAPharmacy
$1.9M
MMMMedicare/Medicaid
$760K
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$520K
BUDBudget/Appropriations
$350K

Lobbying Firms Retained

In-house lobbyists (filed as its own registrant)$2.1M
MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.$700K
NVG, LLC$700K
ALSTON & BIRD LLP$420K

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

PBM

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
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT.$10,000Oct 3, 20242024
DSCC$5,000Apr 14, 20162016
DSCC$5,000May 11, 20152016

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Commented onCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPublic comment on CMS-2023-0071: Medicaid Program: Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance, and QualitySource
Lobbied onPharmacy Benefit Manager Reform ActLDA filing: lobbied on PBM Reform Act, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $110,000Source
RetainedNVG, LLCHired NVG, LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
RetainedMEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.Hired MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
RetainedALSTON & BIRD LLPHired ALSTON & BIRD LLP to lobby (2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2024)Source