-'s healthcare industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to block the introduction of public medical insurance and stall other reforms promised by Barack. The campaign against the president Maple mount KY adult personals has been waged in part through substantial donations to key politicians. Supporters of radical reform of healthcare say legislation emerging from the US Senate reflects the financial power of vested interests ‑ principally insurance companies, pharmaceutical firms and hospitals ‑ that have worked to stop far-reaching changes threatening their profits. The industry and interest groups have spent $ m (£ m) in recent months influencing healthcare legislation through lobbying, advertising and in direct political contributions to members of Congress. The largest contribution, totalling close to $ , has gone to the chairman of the senate committee drafting the new law. and insurance companies say they are merely seeking to educate politicians and the public. But with industry lobbyists swarming over Capitol Hill ‑ there are six registered healthcare lobbyists for every member of Congress ‑ a partner in the most powerful lobbying firm in Washington acknowledged that healthcare firms' money "has had a lot of influence" and that it is "morally suspect". Reform groups say vast spending, and the threat of a lot more being poured into advertisements against the administration, has helped companies ensure there be no cap on the prices they charge for medicines ‑ one of the ways the White House had hoped to keep down surging healthcare costs.