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Hospitals mobilize on health cost bill

Fearing ‘overreach’ by state, they mount lobbying blitz

By Liz Kowalczyk

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 20, 2012

Massachusetts hospitals and medical organizations last year spent more than any other sector on lobbying politicians on a range of issues - $9 million - reflecting both the industry’s size but also the high stakes. Nearly $1 million of the total was spent by Partners, which is the largest provider network in the state with nine hospitals and 6,000 doctors. Steward Health Care, Partners’ largest competitor, spent $362,000.

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