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In addition to announcing that it will start releasing the names of White House visitors going forward, the Obama administration on Friday also released new details about recent visits by health industry executives.
Both actions were taken in response to Freedom of Information Act lawsuits filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
Bill Tauzin (President and CEO, Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America):
Karen Ignagni (President and CEO, America's Health Insurance Plans)
Richard Umdenstock (President and CEO, American Hospital Ass'n.)
J. James Rohack (President-elect, American Medical Ass'n.)
William Weldon (Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson)
Jeffrey B. Kindler (Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc.)
Stephen J. Hemsley (President, CEO, Director, UnitedHealth Group, Inc.)
Angela Braly (President, CEO, Director, WellPoint, Inc.)
George Halvorson (Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan)
Jay Gellert (President and CEO, Health Net, Inc.)
Thomas Priselac (President and CEO, Cedars-Sinai Health System)
Richard Clark (Chairman, President and CEO, Merck)
Wayne T. Smith (Chairman, President and CEO, Community Health Systems)
Rick Smith (Sr. Vice President, Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/04/see-the-white-houses-heal_n_277707.html**********************************
Some of them met with Obama and staffers, some with staffers but not Obama. Most of them had multiple visits to the WH.
The WH released an excel spreadsheet. CREW's more readable version is here:
http://www.citizensforethics.org/files/20090904%20-%20Summary%20of%20Health%20Care%20Visits.pdf