Closed Door Meetings Between White House and PhRMA
Written by admin on February 12th, 2010 in Government.
pharmaceutical industry lobbyists and executives met with top White House aides dozens of times to hammer out a deal that would secure industry support for the administration’s health care reform agenda in exchange for the White House abandoning key elements of the president’s promises to reform the pharmaceutical industry. They flooded Congress with campaign contributions, and hired dozens of former Capitol Hill insiders to push their case. How they did it is a testament to how ingrained the grip of special interests remains in Washington.
