title: Changing tunes. No more 'whining for dollars' by healthcare lobbyists in Washington.
abstract: Hospital margins are robust, the Medicare trust fund has made the evening news, and the competition between special-interest groups has grown intense. Such pressures have caused a revolution in the way hospital groups lobby Congress.
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weissenstein
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D017144:Focus Groups; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008119:Lobbying; D016344:Medicare Part A / Q000191:economics; D011639:Public Opinion; D012954:Societies, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States