A group of more than 250 trade associations are backing a senator’s plan to halt healthcare reform implementation until legal challenges are completely settled. Read the Article>

The drug industry has hired one of K Street's top lobby shops to make sure manufacturers aren't squeezed by healthcare reform regulations, according to newly released disclosure forms. Read the Article>

The health care industry’s biggest trade groups have remained uncharacteristically neutral on the Republican effort to repeal the health care reform law, choosing instead to save their political capital for smaller, more targeted changes that have a chance at becoming law. Read the Article>

House Republicans say healthcare groups that backed the Democrats’ overhaul bill are trying to rekindle their hot-and-cold-relationship with the GOP. Read the Article>

Medtronic Inc., the world's largest medical device maker, spent about $1.07 million lobbying Congress in the first quarter, according to a recent disclosure form.

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The money spent last year on health care dwarfs the amount spent on any other single issue in a single year. "It's the most money ever spent by a business sector for federal lobbying," said Dave Levinthal, a spokesman for the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks the influence of money on elections and policy.

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Leaders of the Church of Christ, Scientist, are pushing a proposal that would help patients pay for prayer by having insurers reimburse the $20 to $40 cost.

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Lawmakers, lobbyists seek influence in next phase of debate as bill gains more support.

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Analysis by Dan Eggen

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Six lobbyists for every Congress member as healthcare industry heaps cash on politicians.

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