"The Alliance for Quality Home Nursing Care and its affiliated group, the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare, have given $2.

"The Alliance for Quality Home Nursing Care and its

affiliated group, the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare, have given $2.9 million to outside

groups as part of their lobbying campaign to restore Medicare reimbursements for home and

hospice care that were cut by the Affordable Care Act." How might this sort of lobbying impact

healthcare? Discuss your current thoughts on the legislative marketplace in light of the amount

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of money that can be used to impact legislative outcomes—including those that might not be in

the public interest.