Makinson L
Center for Responsive Politics, Washington, DC.
Health Aff (Millwood). 1992 Winter;11(4):119-34. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.11.4.119.
During a major election year, interest surges in discovering the sources of campaign funds for influential members of Congress and presidential candidates. This study traces the contributors from the health and insurance industries during the 1990 campaign and presents preliminary figures for the 1992 campaign. Health interests contributed $16.3 million to congressional candidates in 1990, many of whom sit on influential committees and subcommittees. The insurance industry gave $10.9 million that same year. In either case, more than half of the funds came from political action committees (PACs); the rest, from individuals. As of 30 June 1992 health industry PACs had given more than $8.3 million to candidates for federal office in the 1992 campaign; insurance PACs had contributed $6.4 million.
在大选之年，人们对探寻国会议员有影响力的成员以及总统候选人竞选资金来源的兴趣激增。本研究追溯了1990年竞选期间来自健康和保险行业的捐款人，并给出了1992年竞选的初步数据。1990年，健康行业向国会候选人捐款1630万美元，其中许多人任职于有影响力的委员会和小组委员会。同年，保险业捐款1090万美元。无论哪种情况，超过一半的资金来自政治行动委员会（PACs）；其余的来自个人。截至1992年6月30日，健康行业政治行动委员会在1992年竞选期间已向联邦公职候选人捐款超过830万美元；保险政治行动委员会捐款640万美元。
