Sherrod Brown Supports Obamacare Subsidies, Took $400,000 from Health Insurance Lobbyists, Corporate PACs
Sean Moran
January 14, 2026
Breitbart
Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has made his political career portraying himself as a populist; however, FEC data reviewed by Breitbart News found that, over his career, he received nearly $400,000 in donations from lobbyists and corporate PACs that represent some of the largest health insurance companies.
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The former senator lamented last September that most politicians appear to be bought and paid for by big corporations.
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However, data reviewed by Breitbart News found that Brown, over his career in the Senate, has received nearly $400,000 in donations from corporate PACs and lobbyists of some of the largest health insurance companies that benefit from his support of the enhanced Obamacare subsidies. This includes Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Centene, and Aetna making donations to Friends of Sherrod Brown, America Works PAC, or Canary Fund.
Brown has taken:
$112,171.96 from UnitedHealth lobbyists.
$107,514.05 from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield lobbyists
$16,500 from Blue Cross Blue Shield’s corporate PAC
$47,650 from Aetna & CVS lobbyists
$7,000 from Aetna and CVS’s corporate PACs, including after the two companies merged.
$22,170.18 from Cigna lobbyists
$6,500 from Cigna’s corporate PAC
$8,000 from Centene’s PAC
$9,650 from Molina lobbyists
$11,000 from Molina’s corporate PAC
$1,750 from Kaiser Permanente lobbyists
Beyond health insurance lobbyists’ support for Brown, his backing of the enhanced Obamacare subsidies, more formally known as the Enhanced Premium Tax Credit (EPTC), raises concerns about waste, fraud, and abuse, and the subsidies’ limited ability to lower healthcare costs.
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