Subject: [big campaign] Report: Insurance/HMO interests spend $700,000 per day
From: David Donnelly <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:10:32 -0400
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http://www.campaignmoney.org/HMO_insurance_spend_to_kill_reform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 15, 2009    

INSURANCE AND HMO INDUSTRIES SPEND NEARLY $700,000 PER DAY TO KILL HEALTH
CARE REFORM MEASURES
Industries have spent $585.7 million since 2007 on lobbying and campaign
contributions 

Washington, D.C.  A campaign finance watchdog¹s analysis of insurance and
HMO political contributions and lobbying expenses found the industries spent
$126,430,438 over the first half of 2009 and $585,725,712 over the past two
and a half years to influence public policy and elected officials. The
group, Public Campaign Action Fund, found that in the first part of 2009,
the industries were spending money at nearly a $700,000 a day clip to
influence the political process and that the monthly pace of political
spending this year has increased by nearly $400,000 over the average spent
per month in the previous two years. (more)

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