$380 million has been spent in this effort to date on television commercials attacking reform

t r u t h o u t | Millions Spent by Lobbyists to Thwart Health Reform

America's private health care industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars over the last several months in an attempt to stop President Obama's health care reforms, and specifically to thwart the "public option" offered as part of the overall plan. Some $380 million has been spent in this effort to date on television commercials attacking reform, and on health care lobbyists who outnumber members of congress 6 to 1 on Capitol Hill.