Why the United States Does Not Have a National Health Program: The Medical-Industry Complex and its PAC Contributions to Congressional Candidates,January 1,1981,through June 30,1991

The Common Cause study presents data on medical-industry PAC contributions to Members of Congress during the period January 1, 1981, through June 30, 1991. Included are listings of the top 25 congressional recipients, the top 25 Senate recipients, and the top 50 House recipients of contributions from medical-industry PACs; medical-industry PAC contributions to members of the four key congressional committees and to the congressional leadership; top congressional recipients of contributions from medical professionals' PACs, including the American Medical Association, from health insurance PACs, from pharmaceutical PACs, and from hospitals and care-provider PACs; and the top medical-industry PACs. State-by-state lists of medical-industry PAC contributions to Senators and to Representatives, including breakdowns of insurance, AMA, and pharmaceutical contributions, are given in the appendixes.