Article: Little-known fact: lab groups do work together.(Washington report)(Clinical Laboratory Coalition)

Believe it or not, all is not doom and gloom when it comes to the issue of laboratory organizations banding together to "speak with one voice." As recently as 2003, a coalition of the major laboratory associations mounted a massive campaign to oppose a congressional proposal to reinstitute a 20% co-payment for Part B clinical laboratory services. In a very short period of time, the Clinical Laboratory Coalition (CLC) was able to develop informational "fact sheets," numerous meetings with members of Congress and congressional staff, newspaper articles, radio advertisements, and a blizzard of direct mail to senior citizens. At its height, the CLC's grass roots effort was so ...

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