Pentagon contracts

Centene (Health Net): $15.31B in Pentagon contracts

Centene (Health Net) ranks 22 of 35 on this page by Department of Defense contract dollars in FY2021–26. Ran part of TRICARE, the military health plan, until 2024.

$15.31B

Pentagon contracts, FY2021–26

obligations, all subsidiaries listed below

$15.33B

All federal contracts, FY2021–26

every agency, Pentagon included

$1.3M

PAC to candidates, 2019–26

House and Senate candidates on the ballot

$27M

Lobbying, 2021–26

reported to the Senate

Pentagon contract dollars by fiscal year

Obligations, the money the Pentagon committed in each year ending September 30. A big multiyear award lands in the year it is signed.

FY21

FY22

FY23

FY24

FY25

FY26

FY2021$3.22B
FY2022$3.53B
FY2023$3.60B
FY2024$3.55B
FY2025$1.43B
FY2026$-8.9M

What its PAC gave

Checks to House and Senate candidates on the ballot, by election cycle.

2025–2657% to Republicans, 43% to Democrats · PAC page$309K
2023–2456% to Republicans, 44% to Democrats · PAC page$274K
2021–2245% to Republicans, 55% to Democrats · PAC page$457K
2019–2049% to Republicans, 51% to Democrats · PAC page$304K

What it spent lobbying

Filed as CENTENE CORPORATION; HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES; CENTENE CORPORATIONS.

$27M in 2021–26. Yellow bars are election years. 2026 covers the quarters filed so far.

Who its PAC funded most, 2025–26

16% of its $309K in checks went to members of the committees that set defense spending (highlighted). The other big PACs sent 16% to the same members.

Jason SmithMO-08$10,000
Jon HustedOH-SEN-SPECIAL$10,000
Mike JohnsonLA-04$10,000
Wesley BellMO-01House Armed Services$9,500
Erin HouchinIN-09$9,000
Susan CollinsME-SENSenate Appropriations, DefenseSenate Appropriations (chair)$9,000
Pete AguilarCA-33House Appropriations, Defense$7,000
Brian FitzpatrickPA-01$6,500
Brett GuthrieKY-02$6,000
Maxine DexterOR-03$6,000
Russell FrySC-07$6,000
Troy CarterLA-02$6,000

Share to defense committees: 16%.

Former government officials lobbying for it

14 lobbyists in Senate filings who list Centene (Health Net) as a client reported an earlier job in Congress or the executive branch.

Kurt SchraderFormer member of Congress
Former member of Congress.
Reported clients: Pfizer (Pharma and health care), Eli Lilly & Company (Pharma and health care), Elevance Health, INC. (formerly Reported As Anthem, INC.) (Pharma and health care), Centene Corporation (Insurance) and 1 more · via Williams And Jensen, Pllc
Brian WildFormer congressional staff
Former Deputy Assistant to the VP of the United States (2004-2005); Former Senior Advisor to the Speaker of the House of Representatives (2010-2011); Former … · worked for Patrick Toomey
Reported clients: National Association Of Wholesaler-Distributors, Eli Lilly And Company (Pharma and health care), Amp Robotics, Athene Holding and 8 more · via Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Alfred MotturFormer congressional staff
Sr Communications Counsel Senate Commerce Comm; Communications Counsel Senate Commerce Comm; Law Clerk Federal District Court Bangor, ME; Communications Coun…
Reported clients: T-Mobile (Telecom and media), AT&T Services INC. (Telecom and media), American Petroleum Institute (Oil, gas and coal), Verizon Communications INC. (Telecom and media) and 8 more · via Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Nadeam ElshamiFormer congressional staff
CoS, Dem. Ldr Pelosi; Comms. Dir/Sr. Adv., Dem. Ldr Nancy Pelosi; Dep. Comms. Dir/Sr. Adv., Speaker Pelosi; Sr. Comms. Adv./Dep. Comms. Dir/Spokesman/Natl Pr… · worked for Nancy Pelosi
Reported clients: American Petroleum Institute (Oil, gas and coal), Eli Lilly And Company (Pharma and health care), AT&T Services INC. (Telecom and media), Tyson Foods INC (Agriculture, food and retail) and 8 more · via Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Brian McKeonFormer congressional staff
Legislative Aide Sen BoxerÍ¾ Legislative Assistant Sen BoxerÍ¾ Domestic Policy Advisor Sen BoxerÍ¾ Senior Advisor Sen BoxerÍ¾ Senior Counsel Sen BoxerÍ¾ Legi… · worked for Jeanne Shaheen
Reported clients: Amp Robotics, Association Of Equipment Manufacturers, Insperity Services, L.P., International Foodservice Distributors Association (Agriculture, food and retail) and 8 more · via Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Jeanne HaggertyFormer congressional staff
Legislative Correspondent Senator Chuck Grassley and Senate Aging Committee (shared staff), Legislative Aide Senate Finance Committee, Health Policy Coordina… · worked for Charles Grassley
Reported clients: Merck & Co INC (Pharma and health care), Eli Lilly & Company (Pharma and health care), Pfizer (Pharma and health care), Amgen, INC. (Pharma and health care) and 7 more · via Williams And Jensen, Pllc, Haggerty Policy Solutions
Andrew UsykFormer congressional staff
Leg Assistant, Sen. Robert Casey; Legislative Aide, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand; Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand; Compliance Officer, Sen. Gil… · worked for Robert Casey, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Dingell
Reported clients: Tyson Foods INC (Agriculture, food and retail), Verizon Communications INC. (Telecom and media), Credit Union National Association, INC. Dba Americas Credit Unions (Wall Street and hedge funds), Novartis (Pharma and health care) and 6 more · via Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
John SandellFormer congressional staff
Tax Counsel, Legislative Assistant; Ways and Means Committee (Camp, Ryan, Brady)
Reported clients: Citigroup Washington INC (Wall Street and hedge funds), Catholic Health Association (Pharma and health care), National Association Of Home Builders (Real estate and construction), Target Corporation (Agriculture, food and retail) and 4 more · via Cornerstone Government Affairs, INC.
Adam SteinmetzFormer congressional staff
Policy Advisor - Committee on the Budget, United States House of Representatives
Reported clients: Eli Lilly And Company (Pharma and health care), Novartis (Pharma and health care), Tenet Business Services Corporation, Anthem, INC. and 4 more · via Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Robert ButoraFormer congressional staff
Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bill Cassidy; Senior Health Policy Advisor, Representative Leonard Lance, Health Legislative Assistant, Representative Michael… · worked for Bill Cassidy, Leonard Lance, Michael Burgess
Reported clients: Merck & Co INC (Pharma and health care), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (Pharma and health care), Eli Lilly & Company (Pharma and health care), Pfizer (Pharma and health care) and 3 more · via Williams And Jensen, Pllc

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Names it receives contracts under

USAspending recipient names counted for this company. Joint ventures with other firms are left out.

HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC

Sources: USAspending.gov: contract obligations by parent company (award types A–D); FEC: PAC contributions to candidates (pas2 bulk files); Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (lda.gov REST API); Committee rosters: the congress-legislators project. Contracts are obligations (money the government committed) in fiscal years ending September 30, summed over each company's own recipient records in USAspending by name, including subsidiaries listed on its page; joint ventures are left out so no contract is counted twice. PAC totals are checks from the company's own PAC to candidates on the ballot, as on this site's PAC pages; a company whose PAC gave under $100,000 in a cycle shows none for that cycle. Lobbying uses the same reconciliation as the Lobbying pages. Committee seats from the congress-legislators project's current roster (119th Congress). Contracts, PAC checks and lobbying are all legal and publicly reported. This page shows them side by side; it does not claim that any gift or lobbying won a contract. Built 2026-11-05.