TOM MURPHY
Big health insurers have punched up lobbying spending this year as the debate over a potential overhaul of the nation's health care system heats up in Washington.
The five largest private insurers and the trade group America's Health Insurance Plans spent a total of $6.4 million in the first quarter, an increase of more than $1 million from the same quarter last year. The industry is working to counter proposals endorsed by the White House that would offer a government insurance option for millions of Americans.
Individually, Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group Inc. spent $1.5 million in the first quarter, up 34 percent from $1.1 million in the same quarter last year. Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna Inc. spent $809,793, up 41 percent from last year. ...
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