Montana Hospitals Preserve Medicaid Expansion, Fend Off Regulations - KFF Health News
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Hospitals have spent years amassing political influence at the federal and state levels. According to the nonprofit OpenSecrets, hospitals and nursing homes’ federal lobbying spending rose from $35 million in 2000 to more than $133 million last year, a 280% increase. They recently had a unique opportunity to flex some of that political muscle in Montana, where the state’s Medicaid expansion program was scheduled…
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