Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s health-care think
tank on Wednesday filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, with up to $10 million
in debt and as little as $50,000 in assets.
The Atlanta Business Chronicle first reported
on Thursday that The Gingrich Group LLC, doing business as the Center
for Health Transformation, filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court, Northern District of Georgia.
The bankruptcy filing
(PDF) indicates that the organization has between 50 and 99 creditors,
assets between $50,000 to $100,000 and liabilities of $1 million to $10
million.
The Washington Post reported
last year that the Center for Health Transformation had collected more
than $37 million from health care insurers and other industry grounds
since opening in 2003. The think tank offered health-care companies
“access to Newt Gingrich” and “direct Newt interaction.”
Firms like AstraZeneca, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Novo Nordisk were included among some of the biggest funders.
“This ends his campaign,” Emory University political science professor Merle Black told the Business Chronicle. “He’ll now be completely on the defensive about this.”
University of Georgia political science professor Charles S. Bullock
III agreed that the news effectively put an end to the former House
Speaker’s 2012 presidential hopes.
“Much like his presidential campaign, even the receipt of millions of
dollars could not keep Newt Gingrich’s health-care think tank afloat,”
Bullock said. “While health-care costs have bankrupted many without
insurance, Gingrich may be the first to go broke studying health-care
delivery.”
Stefan Passantino, counsel to the Gingrich campaign, insisted that
the filing was proof that the country needed a leader like Gingrich
because the bankruptcy did not happen on his watch............
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