Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C010014 12/02/2019 Health Care Issues Committee of the Missouri Hospital Association Southeast Health 1701 Lacey Street Cape Girardeau MO 63701 12/2/2019 $13,200.00

C010014 12/02/2019 Health Care Issues Committee of the Missouri Hospital Association BJC HealthCare 4249 Clayton Avenue, Suite 310 St Louis MO 63110 12/2/2019 $173,745.00

C010014 12/02/2019 Health Care Issues Committee of the Missouri Hospital Association Mercy Accounts Payable Shared Services PO Box 10386 Springfield MO 65808 12/2/2019 $128,287.50

C010014 12/02/2019 Health Care Issues Committee of the Missouri Hospital Association St. Luke’s Hospital 121 St. Luke’s Center Drive Chesterfield MO 63017 12/2/2019 $43,725.00

C010014 12/02/2019 Health Care Issues Committee of the Missouri Hospital Association Hannibal Regional Healthcare System, Inc. PO Box 551 Hannibal MO 63401 12/2/2019 $13,365.00

C010014 12/02/2019 Health Care Issues Committee of the Missouri Hospital Association St. Luke’s Hospital 121 St. Luke’s Center Drive Chesterfield MO 63017 12/2/2019 $7,260.00

C010014 12/02/2019 Health Care Issues Committee of the Missouri Hospital Association Saint Luke’s Health System 901 E. 104th Street Mailstop 900N Kansas City MO 64131 12/2/2019 $67,980.00

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That’s a total of $447,562.50. You could send a lot a mail for that kind of money. Maybe buy a few minutes of air time, even.