by Gordon Hensley | Feb 27, 2017 | Campaign 2016, CMS, health care, Health Reform, Medicaid funding, Trump
Among Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s most attractive attributes: his deep understanding of policy detail — especially as it relates to the relationship between the federal and state governments. With “Repeal and Replace” of President...
by Gordon Hensley | Jan 12, 2017 | advocacy, Business, Campaign 2016, CMS, GOP Politics, health care, Health Reform, Pharma, Trump
Putting aside that PEOTUS Donald Trump convincingly crushed his first news conference in months — and did so by demonizing the media in general and Buzzfeed in particular — there was plenty of substantive policy news. Trump’s trashing of the...
by Gordon Hensley | Jan 5, 2017 | advocacy, Campaign 2016, GOP Politics, health care, Health Reform, Trump
In the first seminal battle between the emboldened Trump-backed GOP Congressional majority and outnumbered Hill Democrats, the Obamacare repeal battle will see both sides employing a carefully nuanced messaging strategy. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has opened...
by Gordon Hensley | Nov 10, 2016 | advocacy, Business, Campaign 2016, GOP Politics, health care, Trump
Despite the fact a primary rationale of President-elect Donald Trump’s candidacy was to decimate the Beltway culture and Washington insiders, one of the biggest ironies is that lobbyists stand to benefit significantly from his election. Why? Uncertainty and...
by Gordon Hensley | Oct 16, 2016 | Campaign 2016, health care, Health Reform, Medicaid funding
While the 2016 gubernatorial race outcomes will obviously have a major impact of future of state Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a bigger factor would be a Hillary Clinton victory over Donald Trump in the presidential race. “If Clinton wins,...
by Gordon Hensley | Sep 6, 2016 | advocacy, Business, CMS, health care, Pharma
The only Washington, DC-based advocacy organization representing the interests of the nation’s long term care (LTC) pharmacy sector, the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), scored a major coup in August when it welcomed a major national provider of LTC...