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A 3 page research paper that discusses the pros and cons of healthcare organizations lobbying concerning public policy formation and healthcare spending. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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well as funding for the tax cuts that the Bush Administration has instituted thus far. Even in times of plenty, it is a truism that the "squeaky wheel gets the
most oil." In other words, often budget allocations are not made on a strictly rational basis, but in accordance with which special interest group has the best representation. In order
for health concerns to receive proper attention, many healthcare associations, hospitals and nursing homes have taken to fighting "fire with fire" and instituted lobby efforts in order to have their
needs represented before Congress. There are naturally pros and cons to this situation. The most obvious and outstanding "con" in regards to healthcare organizations lobbying concerning policy considerations is
that this is extremely expensive. Hospitals and nursing homes reported that their lobbying expenditures between 1998 and 2000 increased by 53 percent, which translates into expenditure of more than $40
million, according to an analysis conducted by the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-profit, Washington-based research group (Jaklevic and Lovern, 2002). The vast majority of this increase occurred between 1999
and 2000 when hospitals and nursing homes endeavored to find relief from Medicare cutbacks that were scheduled to occur under the balanced-budget law (Jaklevic and Lovern, 2002). The American Hospital
Association (AHA) alone increased on internal and external federal lobbying to $12 million in 2000 from $6.8 million in 1997, which means that lobbying efforts represented 16.4 percent of the
AHAs total budget expenditures for 2000 (Jaklevic and Lovern, 2002). The AHA reported having 45 internal lobbyists in 1999, which includes its president, Richard Davidson (Jaklevic and Lovern, 2002). Despite
this tremendous expenditure, Jaklevic and Lovern (2002) point out that "nobodys complaining" (p. 10). This is because the lobbying efforts of the AHA are yielding favorable results. For example, lobbying
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