Health Care Lobbying Expenditures Increase by Over 70 Percent in 2 Decades: Study

Health Care Lobbying Expenditures Increase by Over 70 Percent in 2 Decades: Study
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The share of money heading towards lobbying activities on Capitol Hill is increasingly coming from health care companies. The number of dollars spent on health care lobbying grew by more than 70 percent between 2000 and 2020.

The figures were recently published in new research in JAMA Health Forum after researchers performed a cross-sectional study to shine some light on a topic that they say was for years under-examined.
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Joseph LaFave writes about health care for The Epoch Times. He is an award winning features writer and has covered both local and national news. Previously he was a hospital administrator and an EMT. He has a masters in health care management and a bachelors in criminology.
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