Lobbying Relationship

Client

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

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Lobbying firm

Nathanson+Hauck

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  • H.R. 4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 - Issues related to health care extenders and other policies focused on coverage and access. H.R. 2882 - Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 - Issues related to the funding of the Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies. H.R. 7024 - Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024. - Support for the expansion of the current child tax credit and other policies. S.3393 - The Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment Reauthorization Act - Issues related to improving access to programs and other tools to help individuals and families impacted by substance use. S. 3430 - Better Mental Health Care, Lower Cost Prescription Drugs and Extenders Act of 2023 - Focus on enhancing the ability to provide needed health care to families in an affordable manner, while increasing access to needed mental health services and supports Issues related to making over-the-counter Naloxone accessible and available. Issues related to improving mental health care access for plan members and Medicare beneficiaries. Rules, Regulations and legislative policies related to the Medicare Advantage program. Issues related to identifying and addressing social determinants of health. Issues related to the insurance Marketplace and providing full and affordable coverage options.
  • H.R. 4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 - Issues related to health care extenders and other policies focused on coverage and access in the Medicare, Medicaid and Marketplaces. H.R. 2882 - Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 - Issues related to the funding of the Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies. S.3393 - The Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment Reauthorization Act - Issues related to improving access to programs and other tools to help individuals and families impacted by substance use. S. 3430 - Better Mental Health Care, Lower Cost Prescription Drugs and Extenders Act of 2023 - Focus on enhancing the ability to provide needed health care to families in an affordable manner, while increasing access to needed mental health services and supports Issues related to improving mental health care access for plan members and Medicare beneficiaries. Rules, Regulations and legislative policies related to the Medicare Advantage program. Issues related to identifying and addressing social determinants of health and equity. Issues related to the insurance Marketplace and providing full and affordable coverage options.

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General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Pharmacy

Spending: about $2,530,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2013: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. Senate,, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1628: American Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

S.870: Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic...

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.1334: Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.R.2797: Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.CON.RES.3: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

S.3504: Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic...

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.5327: Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2016

Sponsor: Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)

S.524: Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

H.R.5447: Small Business Health Care Relief Act of 2016

Sponsor: Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.1624: Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

H.R.2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.4994: IMPACT Act of 2014

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.4302: Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014

Sponsor: Joe Pitts (R-Pa.)

H.J.RES.59: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.3204: Drug Quality and Security Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

H.R.1301: Continuing Appropriations Amendments Act, 2018

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

H.R.6: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.3120: HEAL Act of 2018

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.6074: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.1425: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Angie Craig (D-Minn.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.8406: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.8319: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

S.748: Medicare Sequester Relief Act

Sponsor: Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.610: Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act

Sponsor: Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

H.R.2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

H.R.7666: Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

S.3393: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

S.3430: Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: John Carter (R-Texas)

H.R.2882: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.)

H.R.7024: Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024

Sponsor: Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Melanie Nathanson Policy Analyst, Sr. Policy Advsr. - Senator Bob Graham Senior Legislative Assistant - Rep. Sander Levin
Megan Hauck Pd Intern, LC, Scheduler, LA, Pol. Advsr.-Sen. Don Nickles Deputy Asst. Secretary - DHHS Special Asst. to POTUS - White House Sr. Policy Advisor - Senator Mitch McConnell

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Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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