]> http://www.campaignmoney.org/HMO_insurance_spend_to_kill_reform Comments for "INSURANCE AND HMO INDUSTRIES SPEND NEARLY $700,000 PER DAY TO KILL HEALTH CARE REFORM MEASURES" en http://www.campaignmoney.org/HMO_insurance_spend_to_kill_reform <div align="center"><em><strong>Industries have spent $585.7 million since 2007 on lobbying and campaign contributions</strong></em><br /></div><br />Washington, D.C. – A campaign finance watchdog’s analysis of insurance and HMO political contributions and lobbying expenses found the industries spent $126,430,438 over the first half of 2009 and $585,725,712 over the past two and a half years to influence public policy and elected officials. The group, Public Campaign Action Fund, found that in the first part of 2009, the industries were spending money at nearly a $700,000 a day clip to influence the political process and that the monthly pace of political spending this year has increased by nearly $400,000 over the average spent per month in the previous two years.<br /><br /> Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:28:26 +0000