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Obamacare: Still Not Ready for Primetime

The New York Times provided numbers yesterday on Medicaid enrollment compared to Obamacare enrollment during the month of October.  Those of us who foll

CAGW Staff December 4, 2013
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Healthcare.gov is Up and Running...Sort of

The administration declared success in its efforts to meet its self-imposed deadline of November 30 to improve the Healthcare.gov website.  With little fanfare, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency charged with overseeing...

CAGW Staff December 2, 2013
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Businesses and Obamacare: Not a Good Mix

Public Opinion Strategies (POS) is a well-respected market research company specializing in corporate and public policy research.  The company recently undertook a survey of 208 decision makers in

CAGW Staff November 27, 2013
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Think Obamacare is Fixed? Think Again

On Tuesday, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations had a hearing on the Obamacare website roll out

CAGW Staff November 21, 2013
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CBO Releases "Options for Reducing the Deficit 2014-2023"

The Congressional Budget Office released “Options for Reducing the Deficit 2014-2023” last week.

CAGW Staff November 19, 2013
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They Knew. They All Knew.

We are seeing a lot of panic on Capitol Hill these days as Obamacare continues to unravel.  Certainly, the functionality of the Healthcare.gov  website was initially the primary focus of concern.  But when millions of Americans began to lose...

CAGW Staff November 14, 2013
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Obamacare Rollout - It's More Than Just Glitches

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif), when queried on October 18 about the problems with the disastrous Obamacare online rollout on October 1, said: There's no question that what’s happening with the systems, the national plans is something...

Elizabeth Wright November 14, 2013
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Return to Regular Order Budget Process

On October 16, 2013, President Obama agreed to Congress’s plan to fund the government through January 15, 2014 and raise the debt ceiling through February 7, 2014.  The deal also included instructions to House and Senate leaders to appoint...

CAGW Staff November 14, 2013
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A Bittersweet Victory for CAGW

Ronald Reagan once said, “Government programs, once launched, never disappear.  Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!”  A corollary to that notion is that in the rare circumstance when a...

Sean Kennedy November 14, 2013
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“Essential Waste"

The first government shutdown since 1996 began on October 1, 2013, spurred by a debate over the federal budget and Obamacare.  Approximately 800,000 federal employees were declared “non-essential” and furloughed. 

CAGW Staff November 14, 2013
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IP Summit 2013 Highlights Protecting Intellectual Property

On Friday, November 8, 2013, I had the opportunity to attend IP Summit 2013, hosted by the U.S.

Deborah Collier November 13, 2013
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I'm Shocked, Shocked to Find That Fraud is Going on in Obamacare!

When I first saw the headline on the Drudge Report, “VIDEO SHOCK: O'Keefe reveals Obamacare corruption...,” I immediately thought of the classic movie, “Casablanca” and heard those immortal words, “I'm sho

CAGW Staff November 12, 2013

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