WASHINGTON — Doctors, drugmakers, hospitals and health insurers have spent millions over the years wooing lawmakers who now are on the powerful congressional panel charged with finding a formula to control deficits and debt, a new analysis finds.
U.S. debt commission members rake in health industry contributions
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 | 8:55 a.m. CDT;
updated 3:09 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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