WELL-HEALED - INSIDE LOBBYING FOR HEALTH-CARE REFORM .1.

The Center for Public Integrity conducted a year-long investigation of the decision-making processes of the U.S. government during its work on health care reform. The results suggest that health care reform has become the most heavily lobbied legislative initiative in recent U.S. history. In 1993 and 1994, hundreds of special interests spent over $ 100 million to influence the outcome of this public policy issue. In P art I, following a summary of the study and an introduction explaining the methodology, the authors provide a brief history of other health care reform efforts attempted in this century and examine the evolutio n of the Clinton plan, from its inception through the task force proce ss to its release.