HCAN Tallies Health Insurer Lobbying Expenses

The six largest publicly traded health insurers and two large health insurer trade groups spent a total of $7.7 million during the first quarter on federal lobbying, according to Health Care for America Now.

HCAN, Washington, a group that supported efforts to pass the bills that make up the Affordable Care Act – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act – says the $7.7 million total, drawn from the congressional filings in the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database, includes only expenditures on federal lobbying.