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Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell

Analysis: Health Lobbyists’ Powerful Impact On Reform Bills

By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell February 24, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A Center for Public Integrity analysis shows that more than 1,750 a diverse list of companies and organizations hired about 4,525 lobbyists to influence health reform bills in 2009.

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