Health care lobbyists
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Dec 1, 2009 Posted by Judy Ferro
From a handout from Public Citizen (http://www.citizen.org/)
- The health care industry spends $1.4 million per day to lobby Congress
- The health care industry has hired six lobbyists for every member of Congress, including 350 former government officials and former members of Congress
- 50 health care lobbyists are former employees of the Senate Finance Committee and its Chariman, Max Baucus (D-MT)
- Health care sector contributions to the 23 members of the Senate Finance Committee topped $13 million for the first 7 months of 2009
- Health care interests contributed almost $2 million this year to members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee where health care reform legislation originated
- Charman Max Baucus has received more than $1.6 million in campaign contributions this year (Caution: source does ot say that this money is all from health care lobbyists)