After PhRMA, Hospitals Could Strike the Next Health Care Deal

By Kate Ackley
Roll Call Staff

June 24, 2009, 12 a.m.

Now that the pharmaceutical industry has a deal with Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and the White House to help pay for health care reform, K Street insiders say they expect the next sector in line for an agreement is the hospital industry.

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Nov. 16, 12 a.m.

As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article