title: Pete Stark: 'consumerist' or curmudgeon?
abstract: What do hospital CEOs think of Congressman Pete Stark? The California legislator has used his post as chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee to attack what he sees as fraud and abuse in the health care system. Not surprisingly, many see Stark's campaigns in a negative light.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnsson
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D049673:History, 20th Century; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States