Healthcare lobbyist bundles contributions for Senate Dems

10-26-2009 • The Hill

Ken Raske, president and CEO of the Greater New York Hospital Association, collected donations worth more than $152,000 for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) in September alone, according to the latest FEC reports.

Raske is an important voice in this year’s healthcare debate. His association, representing more than 300 not-for-profit and public hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, has spent more than a $1 million on federal lobbying in 2009 so far. Raske was also one of three hospital association representatives invited to the White House in May for a meeting with President Barack Obama and other administration officials to discuss healthcare reform.