Health-related groups increase advocacy expenditures in a failed attempt to get permanent fix to Medicare reimbursements rates Advocacy-related expenditures by tax-exempt organizations in the first quarter of 2014 were a mix of ups and downs: Spending was up 8 percent from the same quarter last year, but down 4.4 percent from the previous quarter. The decline in spending from Q4 2013 was mostly driven by big drops at a couple groups. Expenses from the Grocery Manufacturers Association dropped by $3.8 million in Q1, a more typical level after the group ramped up efforts to fight a ballot initiative in Washington State in the second part of 2013. National Association of… Read More