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Wisconsin Hospital Association

Trade association PAC FEC C00422881

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$0
Trade association lobbying, all issues $300K

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the trade association’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the trade association’s employees or members; the trade association itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

Wisconsin Hospital Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 1 outside firm. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
  • Medicare/Medicaid8 of 88/8
  • Homeland Security4 of 84/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code1 of 81/8

From the filings

“The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act - HR 3514 & S 1816 - all provisions Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act Concerns over methodology used by CMS in CMS-2449-P in winding down provider taxes, starting in 2028 Extending Medicare-Dependent and Low-Volume Hospital programs past 2026.”
Q3 2026 filing · Medicare/Medicaid
“H1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act - HR 7961 - all provisions”
Q3 2026 filing · Homeland Security

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Centers For Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCMS
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • Health Resources & Services AdministrationHRSA
  • President of the U.S.

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Wisconsin Hospital Association, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

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