Health Care Industry Groups Set To Spend $500M on Lobbying Efforts This Year

This year, health care providers, insurers, drug and device manufacturers, and related trade associations are on track to spend nearly $500 million on lobbying efforts. The groups rely on government affairs employees, member connections, or lobbying firms to represent their interests to lawmakers.

• "How Healthcare's Washington Lobbying Machine Gets the Job Done" (Demko, Modern Healthcare, 10/4).