From the 1990 election cycle to the 2008 election cycle the health sector contributed over $829 million to candidates for... View Article
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The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Billy Tauzin was bounced from his perch as President and CEO of... View Article
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Last we left off in the story of the White House-PhRMA deal the White House had made new cost cutting... View Article
Continue readingWhite House Health Proposal May Blow Up PhRMA Deal
This morning the White House released a new health care proposal that may be used as a blueprint for a... View Article
Continue readingResearching and Writing the White House-PhRMA Deal
At the end of last year, the White House dropped a new pile of visitor log records into the public,... View Article
Continue readingThe Legacy of Billy Tauzin: The White House-PhRMA Deal
More than a million spectators gathered before the Capitol on a frosty January afternoon to witness the inauguration of Barack... View Article
Continue readingHealth Care Industry Operates Shadow Congress of Lobbyists
The Washington Post reports today that the health care industry, in its attempt to influence the debate over health care... View Article
Continue readingThe Lobbying Power of the Groups at the Presidential Health Care Pow-Wow
Today, President Obama held a public event with a number of leading health industry trade associations that have previously been... View Article
Continue readingCountering the Reward Method of Corruption
David Sirota posted on OpenLeft yesterday on what he called “the reward method of corruption.” Sirota writes, “As opposed to... View Article
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