Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Benefits Council obo Alliance to Fight for Health Care

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Lobbying firm

Spangler Strategies LLC

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  • Legislative and regulatory policy proposals to protect employer-sponsored health care coverage; S. 655, Chronic Disease Management Act; S. 1001 / H.R. 1843, Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023; S. 731, TELEHEALTH HSA Act of 2023; H.R. 3800 / S. 3224, the Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act; H.R. 3237, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department; H.R. 3417, the FAIR Act; H.R. 3561, the Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 or the PATIENT Act of 2023; H.R. 4509, the Transparency in Billing Act; S. 1869, the Site-based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement Act; S. 1451 / H.R. 3120, the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act; H.R. 5378, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act; S. 2840, the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act

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General Issues: Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $1,080,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2018: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Treasury - Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1892: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

S.58: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

H.R.173: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017

Sponsor: Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

H.R.4616: Employer Relief Act of 2018

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

H.R.3798: Save American Workers Act of 2017

Sponsor: Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.)

S.684: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

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

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

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

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

H.R.6810: Health Care Protection Act

Sponsor: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)

S.4329: Continuous Health Coverage for Workers Act

Sponsor: Martha McSally (R-Ariz.)

S.4714: Worker Health Coverage Protection Act

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.925: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.748: Ethan's Law

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.133: David’s Law

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

S.1424: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.3563: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2021

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.1704: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

S.2099: Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2021

Sponsor: Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)

H.R.5541: Primary and Virtual Care Affordability Act

Sponsor: Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)

S.CON.RES.14: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.5981: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021

Sponsor: Michelle Steel (R-Calif.)

S.2097: TELEHEALTH HSA Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Kennedy (R-La.)

H.R.2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022

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

S.3139: Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

H.R.8133: Transparency of Hospital Billing Act

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.)

H.R.8134: Consumer Choice of Care Act

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.)

H.R.8135: Addressing Anti-Competitive Contracting Clauses Act

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

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

S.655: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2023

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

S.1001: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

H.R.1843: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023

Sponsor: Michelle Steel (R-Calif.)

S.731: TELEHEALTH HSA Act of 2023

Sponsor: John Kennedy (R-La.)

H.R.3800: Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act

Sponsor: Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)

H.R.3237: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each...

Sponsor: John Joyce (R-Pa.)

H.R.3417: FAIR Act

Sponsor: Kevin Hern (R-Okla.)

H.R.3561: PATIENT Act of 2023

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.4509: Transparency in Billing Act of 2023

Sponsor: Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.)

S.1869: SITE Act

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

S.1451: Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

H.R.3120: Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

Sponsor: Michelle Steel (R-Calif.)

H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.2840: Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

S.3224: Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Kathryn Spangler Dep. Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee

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

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