Medical device industry lobbies IRS, Congress to dodge health law tax

By Joe Eaton

Device makers lobbying to get out from under tax imposed by health care reform law

Excerpts from this story referencing "pharmaceutical firms":

"… s in the run-up to the health care battle in Congress. But while insurers, pharmaceutical firms and even the American Medical Association made agreements trading their su …"

Medicare: An entitlement out of control

By David Nather

If Congress had known in 1965 how expensive Medicare would become, it might not have approved the program in the first place. So Lyndon John

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"… ding has been powered by a medical industrial complex of equipment-makers, pharmaceutical firms and specialists that have manipulated the system to increase Medicare paym …"

$5,000 buys companies access to GOP attorneys general

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 21, 2000 — For as little as $5,000, corporations are buying access to presidential candidate George W. Bush, along wi

Excerpts from this story referencing "pharmaceutical firms":

"… created a wish list for future mass state lawsuits—car rental companies, pharmaceutical firms, makers of lead paint and gun manufacturers.”Cornyn asserts that these a …"

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Invested in health care

By Brendan L. Smith

Three U.S. District judges presiding over legal challenges to the landmark federal health care law have held financial investments in the he

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"… ate health insurance companies, companies selling health-care products, or pharmaceutical firms, according to the forms the judges filed in 2009 and 2010.Judicial ethics …"

"… said they don’t see ethical concerns for the judges with investments in pharmaceutical firms because they are more remotely linked to the health care reform debate and …"

Surrogates for their agenda

By Alexander Cohen

How the drug industry uses non-profits to push its interests

Excerpts from this story referencing "pharmaceutical firms":

"… organizations with a variety of missions. Some groups tout the support of pharmaceutical firms. But because these non-profit organizations are under no legal obligation …"

Exporting prices

By M. Asif Ismail

Drug makers' trade group makes the industry's priorities U.S. trade policy

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"… -Myers Squibb Co., the ninth largest, lobbied the agency 27 times.Overall, pharmaceutical firms, their trade organizations and the outside lobbyists that represent them d …"