Top 25 spending by health companies lobbying on Medicare
Company | Total | |
1. | AARP | $20,880,000 |
2. | American Medical Association (Ama) | $17,300,000 |
3. | Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers Of America | $16,040,000 |
4. | American Hospital Association | $12,480,000 |
5. | Merck & Co., Inc. | $7,460,000 |
6. | Nat'l Cmte To Preserve Social Security & Medicare | $6,780,000 |
7. | America's Health Insurance Plans (AAHP-HIAA) | $5,840,000 * |
8. | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | $5,320,000 |
9. | Seniors Coalition, The | $5,270,000 |
10. | Glaxosmithkline | $4,950,000 |
11. | Advamed | $4,880,000 |
12. | Eli Lilly & Company | $4,760,000 |
13. | Johnson & Johnson | $4,340,000 |
14. | Biotechnology Industry Organization | $4,260,000 |
15. | National Association Of Independent Insurers | $4,111,000 |
16. | Blue Cross And Blue Shield Association | $3,940,000 |
17. | Abbott Laboratories | $3,720,000 |
18. | Pfizer, Inc. | $3,720,000 |
19. | Raytheon Company | $3,560,000 |
20. | Hoffman-La Roche, Inc | $3,201,693 |
21. | Wyeth | $3,100,000 |
22. | Novartis Corp | $2,977,687 |
23. | Aetna Inc. | $2,923,839 |
24. | The Procter & Gamble Company | $2,792,611 |
25. | Federation Of American Hospitals | $2,780,000 |
* Figure represents spending by America's Health Insurance Plans before the company's year-end 2003 merger with the Health Insurance Association of America. HIAA ranked 43rd in 2003, spending $2,490,000 on lobbying. |