Describe the obama administration's strategy for holding the may 2009 health care reform meeting with the president and all interested parties. what was the administration trying to accomplish, and what was it trying to avoid, based on lessons learned in the past?

The Obama administration's line of thinking was likely to afford transparency with regard to healthcare. It is likely that the meeting among representatives from hospitals, the insurance industry, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, labor and physicians at the White House was to discuss major steps being taken to lower health care costs across the board.