by Gordon Hensley | Jun 2, 2014 | health care, Health Reform
The original intent of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to establish 50 state exchanges run by the 50 states themselves — the federal exchange was always meant to be a temporary fallback. Instead, 36 states currently rely upon the federal...
by Gordon Hensley | May 30, 2014 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics, health care, Health Reform, Medicaid funding, Uncategorized
The announcement from Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber that he will ask the state Attorney General to sue Oracle, the contractor behind the state’s failed Obamacare exchange, is great news for GOP Senate candidate Monica Wehby as it assures the fiasco will remain...
by Gordon Hensley | Apr 17, 2014 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics, Health Reform, Medicaid funding, Uncategorized
Incumbent Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) is currently characterized by Beltway observers as a relatively safe bet to win his race against his GOP opponent, Ed Gillespie — but the question isn’t whether this race will get close, the question is when Warner and...
by Gordon Hensley | Apr 9, 2014 | CMS, health care, Health Reform
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will today make available billions of dollars in Medicare payments to physicians — an unprecedented disclosure representing a new milestone in price transparency. Generally, the disclosure is being welcomed by...
by Gordon Hensley | Apr 7, 2014 | Campaign 2014, health care, Health Reform, polling
Among the many ominous developments surrounding the ongoing saga known as “Obamacare” is the fact millions of Americans still have no clue about how to get enrolled, the deadlines involved, and the ramifications for not signing up. A Kaiser Family...
by Gordon Hensley | Feb 4, 2014 | Campaign 2014, health care, Health Reform
With a preponderance of fresh non-partisan data showing North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan underwater in her job performance rating, and trailing several of the GOP primary candidates now vying for the opportunity to face her, the last thing she and her campaign needed...
