• H.R. 2663/S.1422 Preventive Health Savings Act

Duration: February 10, 2009 to December 31, 2013

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $1,493,814 (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 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS),, House of Representatives,, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Treasury - Dept of, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB),, Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Related Foreign Entities: The British United Provident Association Limited (Bupa) (London WC1A 2BA, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%