Medicare Contractor Firm Donates to GOP

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A few weeks after the Bush administration named Medco to be one of the first Medicare drug card providers, a company executive helped throw a $100,000 fund-raiser for the president that was headlined by Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.

The role of Medco Specialty Pharmacy Services president Alan Lotvin, a co-chairman of the mid-April event in New Jersey, is just one of the ways prescription drug card providers have reached out to Washington politicians over the last two years.

In all, companies that won approval from Thompson's department to be the first Medicare drug discount card providers spent at least $35 million lobbying in 2003, and their executives and lobbyists donated or raised hundreds of thousands of dollars more for Bush's re-election, an Associated Press review found.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040510/ap_on_el_pr/medicare_card_politics


Added info:

David B. Snow (Chmn, Pres, CEO) campaign cash detail:
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CT&last=Snow&first=David

Bryan Birch (Group Pres)
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CT&last=Birch&first=Bryan

John P. Driscoll (SVP)
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CT&last=Driscoll&first=John

- is anyone here surprised?

Those good compassionate christians republicans didn't do anything wrong. They are only trying to help the elderly, don't you know? They aren't worried about making any money, just helping the elderly. Now don't any of you poor, unchristian, good for nothing Democrats try to make anything out of this because we all know they are just trying to help the poor seniors and they aren't going to get anything out of helping them because they just have huge hearts and want what is best for our elderly. The PHONIE PIECES OF CRAP!!!!!
ELECT KERRY 2004!!!!

Why doesn't the GOP just post their prices outside the door.