Professional Societies, Political Action Committees, and Party Preferences

Societies representing physician specialties and other health care personnel commonly have political action committees (PACs). These PACs seek to advance their members' interests through advocacy and campaign contributions. We examined contribution data for health care workers' PACs from t...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2015-01, Vol.105 (1), p.e11-e14
Main Authors: Bernstein, Steven L, Barsky, Carol L, Powell, Eleanor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Campaign contributions
Candidates
Dentists
Donations
Elections
Gynecology
Health care policy
Health Policy
Health Professionals
Health Reform
Medical personnel
Nurses
Nursing
Obstetrics
Occupations
Online Public Health Policy Briefs
Organizations
Orthodontics
PAC
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
Pediatrics
Physicians
Political action committees
Political parties
Preferences
Primaries & caucuses
Primary care
Professionals
Public health
Social Science
Surgeons
Thoracic surgery
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Societies representing physician specialties and other health care personnel commonly have political action committees (PACs). These PACs seek to advance their members' interests through advocacy and campaign contributions. We examined contribution data for health care workers' PACs from the 2010 to 2012 election cycles and found that higher annual income was strongly associated with greater giving to Republican candidates. Patterns of giving may offer insights into various medical workers' party preferences, political leanings, and views of health care reform.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302292