Staff File Photo by Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free Press.CHATTANOOGA, TN (Times Free Press) -- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has formed a political action committee to lobby the federal government, even as numbers show that PACs in the health industry have more than doubled their contributions to federal candidates in the last 10 years.
The Chattanooga-based organization already had a state PAC and contributed to BlueCross BlueShield's national federal PAC, spokeswoman Mary Danielson said in an email.
The organization sent out a fundraising letter to about 2,500 of its 5,300 employees statewide earlier this month, asking for contributions to both its state TPAC and federal BluePac.
"As you are well aware, with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, we are in a new political environment of opportunities and challenges for our company and industry," the letter from CEO Vicky Gregg says. "Your support of our PAC is important in giving us an opportunity to help determine who will govern us and who will set the business climate in which we operate."
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