• Issues pertaining to the federal government's regulation and coverage of cancer care and treatments [Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act (H.R. 1078) -- all provisions; Legislation pertaining to Medicare average sales price for pharmaceuticals (H.R. 3011) -- all provisions]
• Issues related to the quality of cancer care
• Increase funding for National Institutes of Health programs as they pertain to cancer research

Duration: October 24, 2007 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $240,000 (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 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)