Cigna decreased its lobbying by 34 percent from the same quarter last year, according to an Associated Press/Bloomberg Businessweek report. Cigna spent a total of $470,000 lobbying issues related to employer-based health insurance tax rates and healthcare reform, down from $710,000 in the third quarter of 2010.
Humana lowered its federal lobbying by 43 percent from the third quarter of 2010, according to an Associated Press/Green Bay Press Gazette report. Humana spent a total of $160,000 lobbying healthcare reform and other health insurance issues, down from $281,000 in spent in the same period last year.
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