Roy Cooper Attacks Health Insurers As Campaign Takes Industry Donations
Amy Curtis
Townhall
January 21, 2026
Last week, former North Carolina Governor and Senate Candidate Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable where he discussed skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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While he says he’s fighting health insurance companies that “line their pockets” while North Carolinians struggle with skyrocketing costs, it turns out Cooper has taken campaign donations from some of the industry’s top executives and PACs. In fact, it appears Cooper has taken in more than $160,000 from PACs affiliated with insurance companies and the health insurance/health care industry.
According to the FEC, Cooper received donations from Mike Woodard, President of Molina NC Plan, State President. Woodard donated $4,000 to Cooper’s Senate campaign. He’s also received donations from several Blue Cross NC executives, including David Lamb, Managing Counsel ($500), Tricia Garland ($450), and Jason Beverly ($250).
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) also shows that Cooper has received more than $84,000 from health insurance industry PACs, including Anthem PAC, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of NC Employee PAC, the Centene Corporation PAC, Cigna Corporation PAC, the United Health Group PAC, and CVS Health PAC. Reports also show a long list of health insurance industry employees who have donated to Cooper’s campaigns over the years.
This begs the question: how can North Carolinians trust Roy Cooper to bring down healthcare costs when his campaigns have been bankrolled by the same insurance companies he claims he’s standing up to? North Carolinians deserve honesty and transparency.
Roy Cooper portrays himself as a champion of families crushed by skyrocketing health care costs. His donor list tells a different story. When insurance executives and health care industry PACs are among a candidate’s biggest financial backers, promises to take on “special interests” and “bring down costs” ring hollow. North Carolinians should ask whether Cooper’s fight is really for patients — or for the insurers who helped fund his campaign.
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