While business and insurance groups suffered defeat last week when the House passed a bill exposing health plans to state lawsuits, the real lobbying battle is just beginning. Unlike the hearings and debates that preceded the House and Senate votes on the patients rights bill, the next phase in the legislative process and the most critical for lobbyists takes place in conference out of the public eye. "The other stuff is kindergarten. This is game day," says a Republican leadership aide.
October 11, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
While business and insurance groups suffered defeat last week when the House passed a bill exposing health plans to state lawsuits, the real lobbying battle is just beginning.
Unlike the hearings and debates that preceded the House and Senate votes on patients rights bill, the next phase in the legislative process�and the most critical for lobbyists�takes place in conference out of the public eye.
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