Obama lists industry executives consulted about health overhaul in private meetings
By Sharon Theimer, APThursday, July 23, 2009
Obama lists health execs consulted about overhaul
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s administration began holding private meetings with health industry executives at the White House a few weeks after Obama took office.
A visitor list released Wednesday night by the White House shows that those visiting the White House in February included Richard Umbdenstock, president of the American Hospital Association; Angela Braly, chief executive of WellPoint Inc., and Jay Gellert, chief executive of Health Net Inc.
Obama released a list of White House visits by health care executives after a government watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, announced it planned to sue to try to get visitor logs. So far, the Obama administration is following a Bush administration policy of refusing to release the logs.
