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United Healthcare has hired DC-based Guidepost Strategies for issues related to Medicare/Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and pharmacy benefits.
Guidepost partner Jennifer Porsch, who did a 16-year stint advising members of the Senate Democratic leadership (including New York’s Chuck Schumer and Washington’s Patty Murray), handles the effort.
She is supported by Guidepost principal Michael Bain, who was Democratic staff member at the Appropriations Committee.
United Healthcare also works with Ballard Partners, which it hired in September to deal with veterans issues.
Ballard’s team includes former Florida Republican Congressman Jeff Miller, who chaired the Veterans Affairs Committee and counseled the 2016 Trump campaign; Michael LaRosa, press secretary for First Lady Jill Biden; and Brian Ballard.
Anthropic, developer of the Claude chatbot, hires Democratic-connected Avenue Solutions for DC representation.
Netflix has hired Avoq for DC representation regarding matters concerning the media and telecommunications sectors.
Scouting America has signed on Alpine Group for matters related to support of the organization from the Department of Defense and Congress.
The City of Miami, which has just elected its first Democratic mayor in 28 years, has hired Trump-connected Continental Strategy to work on federal procurement matters.
Miller Strategies, the well-connected Republican firm, has inked a $1.5M one-year consulting contract from Emirates Global Aluminum, the biggest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil & gas sector.
