Open Secrets dot Org 1998-2012
| Lobbying Client | Total |
| US Chamber of Commerce | $941,835,680 |
| General Electric | $284,040,000 |
| American Medical Assn | $281,282,500 |
| American Hospital Assn | $235,149,136 |
| Pharmaceutical Rsrch & Mfrs of America | $232,583,920 |
| AARP | $222,822,064 |
| National Assn of Realtors | $219,817,423 |
| Blue Cross/Blue Shield | $202,740,052 |
A person had made a comment on the web that AMA did a lot of lobbying.
He was correct. The AMA is the third largest lobbying group in the US
See also web
- Time Magazine article on cost of health care Feb 2013'
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the pharmaceutical and health-care-product industries, combined with organizations representing doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, health services and HMOs, have spent $5.36 billion since 1998 on lobbying in Washington.
That dwarfs the $1.53 billion spent by the defense and aerospace industries over the same period.