• PROVIDE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND PROCUREMENT SERVICES BY EDUCATING MUNICIPALITIES AND PRIVATE COMPANIES ABOUT HOW THEY CAN PROVIDE COST EFFECTIVE HEALTHCARE BENEFITS TO THEIR MEDICARE ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AND RETIREMENT POOL, AIDE THE CO. IN GOVERNMENTAL MATTERS AFFECTING THE CO. AND PRESENT THE COMPANY'S POSITON ON SUCH MATTERS TO THE APPROPRIATE GOV'T AGENCY OR BODY.

Duration: March 1, 2013 to February 29, 2016

General Issues: Insurance

Spending: about $73,500 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2013: