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December 3, 2019

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