BRIAN WITTE
Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Republican Larry Hogan is calling for a wider investigation of Maryland’s flawed health care exchange website, with a focus on corporate political donations.
Hogan, who is running for governor against Democratic Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, said Thursday he has asked state and federal officials to expand on an audit already underway by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Hogan is focusing on companies that made large donations to the Democratic Governors Association and ended up receiving state contracts to work on the health care exchange. But Democrats pointed out many of the companies also made large donations to the Republican Governors Association.
Justin Schall, Brown’s campaign spokesman, says Hogan will say anything to shift attention away from important issues that matter to voters.
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