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Neal Took Big Bucks From Lobbyists While Killing a Surprise Medical Bills Fix
Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) received $54,000 from lobbyists for private equity and pharmaceutical interests that opposed a bipartisan surprise medical billing deal in the weeks after he stymied the deal with a last-minute counterproposal.
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Trump Helps Health Insurers Swell Their Profits
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Group Promoting Covid “Liberate” Protests Tied to Hydroxychloroquine Push
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Noem Taps Top Career Donor to Conduct Statewide Hydroxychloroquine Study
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Dems’ Health Insurer Bailout Follows Bundled Checks from the Industry’s Lobbyists
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Biden Sides With Big Pharma Against Plan That Could Make Coronavirus Vaccine Affordable
In contrast with Sanders and other Democrats, Biden has not embraced a key executive authority for driving down the cost of pharmaceuticals developed with federally-funded research, like the coronavirus vaccine that is currently being tested.
Massachusetts’ Top Health Official Has Major Conflicts of Interest With Big Pharma
As she votes on regulations impacting the pharmaceutical industry, Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel's spouse works as a consultant for companies that seek to influence the department's regulatory rulemakings.
As Coronavirus Spreads, Surprise Medical Bills Kept in Place by Private Equity-Backed Democrat
Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) torpedoed a fix tp surprise medical billing that threatened his private equity donors' profits. The coronavirus outbreak makes this potentially deadly.
Not Just Exxon: Paul Weiss Defends Many Rogue Corporations
From Big Tobacco to opioid crisis profiteering, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has made millions from defending some of the most repugnant corporate villains of recent decades
Buttigieg Backed by Pharma Lobbyist Who Sought Drug Price Hikes in Poor Countries
In touting the endorsement of Josh Black, the Buttigieg campaign declined to mention that Black now works for the pharmaceutical industry’s top lobbying group.
Here Are the Corporate Elites Hosting Biden’s Manhattan Fundraisers
More than a dozen high-powered lawyers and executives, including the man who inspired Gordon Gekko, will help “Middle-Class Joe” raise campaign cash in early January.
Blue Dog Consultant Working With Anti-Health Care Reform Lobbying Group
Kristen Hawn, a communications consultant, appears on emails with industry-backed groups strategizing against health care changes.
Pharma-Funded ‘Dark Money’ Group Hosts House Staffers for California Junket
The staffers, several of whom work for reps on the subcommittee overseeing pharmaceuticals, met with executives from drug companies Merck and Genentech.
After Meeting With Pharma-Backed Rep, Trump Flip-Flops on Drug Price Negotiations
After Rep. Greg Walden, the biggest recipient of pharmaceutical campaign cash in the last election cycle, met with Trump, the president decided to scrap his support for lower drug prices.
