Drinker Biddle’s Lobbying and Advocacy Team’s Julie Allen, Government Relations Director, and Erin Will Morton, Senior Government Relations Manager, presented at the American Association of Bioanalysts’ (AAB) Board of Directors Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday, November 3, 2012.

In their presentation, “Washington Update,” Julie and Erin discussed the upcoming election and predictions for the president, House & Senate races; what the health care outlook would be if Romney won and if Obama won; and the lame duck Congress (including sequestration). They also talked about lab cuts and the outlook for the new Congress in 2013.

AAB represents community clinical laboratories and the professionals involved in clinical laboratory operations before federal, state, and local lawmaking bodies and regulatory agencies. AAB has been a long-standing client of the Lobbying and Advocacy Team.