WASHINGTON (AP) — Managed care company Aetna Inc. spent about $1.1 million in the first quarter lobbying the federal government on the health care overhaul and other topics.

The Hartford, Conn., health insurer trimmed its spending 34 percent from the $1.6 million it spent in the same quarter last year, when Congress debated and then ultimately passed the overhaul, which aims to cover millions of uninsured Americans but also imposes a host of restrictions on insurers. Compared with the final quarter of 2010, Aetna bumped up its spending 9 percent from $998,150.

The insurer kept a strong focus on the overhaul in this year's first quarter as well. It lobbied on a House of Representatives bill that called for the overhaul's repeal. It also lobbied on bills that directed the U.S. Supreme Court to expedite consideration of the constitutionality of the overhaul and another resolution that instructed committees to develop proposed alternatives to it, according to a report filed on April 12 with the clerk of the House of Representatives.