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Dental and Insurance Lobbyists Quietly Oppose Medicare Expansion Plan

Dental and Insurance Lobbyists Quietly Oppose Medicare Expansion Plan

Underscoring the for-profit healthcare industry's tireless efforts to avoid any reduction in its bottom line—no matter the cost to the American public—lobbyists for health insurers and dentists are ramping up pressure on lawmakers to leave comprehensive Medicare coverage out of the $3.5 trillion spending plan now making its way through Congress.