“First came the pharmaceutical executives,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Then the insurance companies and the hospital leaders. During two months that shattered records for presidential transitions, healthcare executives wrote among the largest checks, paying millions of dollars to attend at least six different dinners with now-President Trump before he took office…”
“Altogether, Trump has told associates he raised about $500 million. Much of it came from the healthcare industry, which is potentially facing sharp changes under Trump’s new health secretary. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized the use of vaccines, described federal health agencies as beholden to the interests of drugmakers and suggested banning television drug ads.
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