Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2008

Health care reform (H.R. 6210/S. 2795, H.R. 4460/S. 2477, Small Business CHOICE Act-draft bill), health care tax credits (S. 99, S. 397/H.R. 914, H.R. 5784), health savings accounts (H.R. 2639, H.R.3234).

Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of

S. 2029, Physician Payments Sunshine Act, as revised - all provisions on reporting gifts to physicians and transparency in reporting S. 334, Healthy Americans Act - all provisions on covering the uninsured and the expansion of health insurance coverage H.R. 5639 and S. 2738, Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act of 2008 - all provisions H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007, amendment to ban physician-owned hospitals H.R. 493 and S. 358, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, all provisions H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007, all provisions S. 558, Mental Health Parity Act of 2007, all provisions H.R. 5784, Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2008, provisions on uninsured and tax credits H.R. 6357, PRO(TECH)T Act of 2008, all provisions H.R. 2729, Prostate Cancer Research Prevention Act, all provisions S. 866, Health Promotion First Act, all provisions AMA's Physician Data Restriction Program (PDRP) Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing AMA plan for covering the uninsured Telemedicine - state licensure Advance Directives Health Disparities Non-discrimination in health insurance FDA post-marketing surveillance/notifications to health professionals Independent Drug Education Health Information Technology, privacy issues Patient Safety and Quality Improvement FDA guidance on distribution of medical journal articles FDA regulation of pharmaceuticals Health care claims process reform

Client expense: $6,360,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE

H.R. 5784 Affordable Health Care Expansion Act H.R. 6110 The Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE