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WaPo: Lobbyists Help Lawmakers Write Anti-Medicare-for-All Op-Eds

HeadlineDec 03, 2019

The Washington Post reports healthcare industry lobbyists helped write or revise opinion articles published by at least three state lawmakers that criticized Medicare for All. Montana Democratic state Representative Kathy Kelker and Montana Democratic state Senator Jen Gross both included language in their opinion articles that was written by a lobbyist for a multimillion-dollar industry group funded by private insurers and drug companies. Ohio Republican state Senator Steve Huffman also wrote an article criticizing Medicare for All with the help of an industry lobbyist.

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