Health care companies and trade organizations spent $308 million on lobbying the federal government representatives in 2019

According to The Week magazine issue on February 2, 2020, on page 36 referring to a report on Axios.com, sixty health-care companies and trade organizations spent collectively $308 million on federal lobying in 2019 up 9% from 2018. The $308 million includes $120 million from the pharmaceuticals trade group PhRMA to pay 450 lobbyists.