Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association spent $1M lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on health care, medicare & medicaid, budget & spending. It used 10 lobbyists, including people who worked for 6 members of Congress.
- Spent on lobbying
- $1M
- Lobbyists
- 10
- Bills lobbied
- 6
- Issues
- 4
Spending by quarter
- 2025 Q3$280K
- 2025 Q4$300K
- 2026 Q1$240K
- 2026 Q2$220K
Issues lobbied
- Health care
- Medicare & Medicaid
- Budget & spending
- Taxes
Bills lobbied on
- S. 11054 reports
- H.R. 7973: Momnibus Act2 reports
- H.R. 9504: Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act1 report
- H.R. 5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act1 report
- S. 23551 report
- H.R. 9393: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 20261 report
Lobbying firms hired
- Tarplin, Downs & Young, LLC$440K
- Avenue Solutions$320K
- Nvg, LLC$160K
- Groom Law Group, Chartered$120K
Lobbyists who worked in Congress
- Elizabeth Murray
Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and…Mike Thompson (D-CA) - Elizabeth Murray
Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and…Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) - Emily Murry
Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Health, W&M Cmte; Sr. Policy Advisor, Majority Leader McCarthy; Policy Advisor, Majority…Ken Calvert (R-CA) - Peter Fise
Health Counsel for Sen. Cmte on Finance, Health Counsel for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Staff Assistant for House Cmte on…Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - Santiago Gonzalez
Legislative Director/Sr. Policy Adviser/Legislative Asst., Senator Michael Bennet; Policy Adviser, Rep. Jason Crow…Jason Crow (D-CO) - Santiago Gonzalez
Legislative Director/Sr. Policy Adviser/Legislative Asst., Senator Michael Bennet; Policy Adviser, Rep. Jason Crow…Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
Agencies contacted
- House Of Representatives · 36
- Senate · 36
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (Hhs) · 12
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (Cms) · 8
- Internal Revenue Service (Irs) · 4
- Labor, Dept of (Dol) · 4
Related
Filings
- 2026 Q2 report$30K
- 2026 Q2 report$110K
- 2026 Q2 report$0
- 2026 Q2 report$80K
- 2026 Q1 report$20K
From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.
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Capitol Receipts, “Blue Cross Blue Shield Association: Lobbying Spending, Issues & Bills,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/lobbying/cbluecrossblueshieldassociation/blue-cross-blue-shield-association (accessed 2026-10-16).