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October 16, 2009

CNN Commentator Revealed to be Working for America’s Health Insurance Plans
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In other healthcare news, the watchdog group Media Matters has revealed
one of CNN’s regular on-air commentators is on the payroll of America’s
Health Insurance Plans, an industry lobbying group opposed to the
current healthcare reform efforts. Until yesterday, CNN had never
acknowledged Alex Castellanos’s affiliation. Media Matters revealed that
Castellanos’s consulting firm, National Media, recently placed over $1
million of TV advertising for America’s Health Insurance Plans.
Castellanos’s company has also done work for the Federation of American
Hospitals, the pharmaceutical industry group Ph RMA, and the HCA Sunrise
Hospital.



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