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Karoli @kevin the reason they only have three is because they associate with orgs like CAHC who act as lobbying middleman, making it less obvious that the lobbying comes directly from the company. Worth noting that in 2008 CAHC spent 200,000 or so lobbying Congress. Their focus is HSA and "market-based insurance policies". They claim that HSA accounts have given the uninsured an opportunity for insurance, which I suppose is somewhat true if ineffective insurance is still to be considered insurance. |
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kevin
@sundin @Karoli awesome work! @Priscilla @ddwriter @Zora thanks for volunteering! as I understand it, the profiles we're looking to expand are those of Assurant lobbyists Ronny, Edwin, Laurel. what are their official titles at Assurant? Who's in charge? It looks like their lobbying crew has shrunk over the past ten years -- guesses as to why? if you can, try to see if they have other lobbyist types in Washington. people with titles like "VP for Government Policy." Hard for me to believe that they only have three. |
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Karoli @kevin CAHC has paid lobbying firm Strategic Health care $105,000 in 2009. http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.... One of the lobbyists at Strategic Health care is Lara Crapo http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmlbs.... . Lara Crapo is Senator Mike Crapo's daughter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Crapo |
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Karoli @kevin Laurel Call - former Ohio assistant insurance commissioner, Board member of Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage, http://www.cahc.net/about.html mostly pharma and insurer members (more to come, but this is a start) |
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kevin
@sundin @Karoli This page is a good start: http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientlb... Laurel Call, Ronny Lancaster, and Edwin Harper seem like the main lobbyists for the company. Some basic questions to start: Who are they? Where have they worked in the past? Who do they give money to? let me know if you have questions. |
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Karoli @kevin gladly assist |
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heaney health care analysts - this is a friendly reminder that our contest ends tomorrow night at midnight! we're at 355 and counting - anything you can contribute helps. prizes for everyone who hits 150 points! if you need direction, write me a note back @adamclarkestes @adrooshan @Aleinad @amyklo @bethb @ddwriter @donnag @gweezy @heaney @idearMan @JZuk @Karoli @kevin @Kyle @lermanzo @Matthew @MDMRO @mom792 @Priscilla @saraf @sundin @Zora |
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heaney HCIU analysts - the list is looking amazing! we're at 252 and the list is growing by the minute. let's try to get to 300 by the end of the weekend. if you need access to the spreadsheet we're working from, just shoot me an email. and don't forget, we've got tees for everyone that reaches 150 points! @adamclarkestes @adrooshan @Aleinad @amyklo @bethb @ddwriter @donnag @gweezy @heaney @idearMan @JZuk @Karoli @kevin @Kyle @lermanzo @Matthew @MDMRO @mom792 @Priscilla @saraf @sundin @Zora |
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heaney
@adamclarkestes @adrooshan @Aleinad @amyklo @bethb @ddwriter @donnag @gweezy @heaney @idearMan @JZuk @Karoli @kevin @Kyle @lermanzo @Matthew @MDMRO @mom792 @Priscilla @saraf @sundin @Zora Health Care Analysts - wanted to make sure you saw all the attention we've gotten lately for all the great research you've done. Check out Ellen's blog post http://blog.littlesis.org/2009/08/12/litt... Keep up the good work - just a few weeks left before Congress heads back! |
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kevin
hey everyone, Today marks the start of the Lobbyist Editing Challenge, introduced here by Erin / @heaney -- http://blog.littlesis.org/2009/08/04/lobb... You can keep track of who is in the lead from the group page: http://littlesis.org/group/4 Prizes and props go to the top three analysts (if digging up dirt on healthcare lobbyists isn't already enough of a reward). happy editing, Kevin (this message sent to all members of the HCIU group: @adamclarkestes @adrooshan @Aleinad @amyklo @bethb @ddwriter @donnag @gweezy @heaney @idearMan @JZuk @Karoli @kevin @Kyle @lermanzo @Matthew @MDMRO @mom792 @Priscilla @sundin @Zora ) |
