Santorum fundraising brings fine for Highmark

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Highmark Inc. agreed to pay a fine of more than $54,000 for using corporate dollars on fundraising events connected to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

In announcing the penalty yesterday, the Federal Election Commission also said it assessed a $20,000 fine against a former Highmark vice president and a $7,500 fine against Mr. Santorum's political action committee, America's Foundation. The donations went toward three golf tournaments at the Country Club of Hershey and a private fundraiser, the FEC said.

The Pittsburgh-based health insurer voluntarily made the FEC aware of the apparent violations after an internal audit, the commission said. "We believe that Highmark's response to this matter demonstrates the value of its integrity program in facilitating the investigation, reporting to proper authorities and implementing remedial actions," said company spokesman John McDermott.



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1. "America's Foundation"

That's really cute ricky. You have never done anything FOR our country but you do know how to get the dollars out of the pockets of the ignorant trash amongst us. America's foundation, by gawd that must be a fine upstanding rightious christian organization with a name like that.

[bleedingheart]

2. Funding political shit instead of helping those they are supposed to insure

this kind of bullshit pisses me off.

and it is why I think healthcare must be nationalized....