Medical interests shelling out $1.4M a day to limit reform
(NEWSER) - The health care industry is making a record-breaking lobbying push to shape and soften health care reform, the Washington Post reports, laying out $1.4 million a day on an army of some 350 former Capitol Hill staffers and members of Congress. Three of every four health care lobbying firms has a key insider on its payroll, and nearly half are closely connected to the critical committees and lawmakers. Max Baucus, for example, recently held talks with two health care lobbyists who were both former Baucus chiefs of staff. More»
