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From the start, signs of trouble at health portal: Many deadlines missed – NYT, by Robert Pear, Sharon LaFraniere and Ian Austen: “For the past 12 days, a system costing more than $400 million and billed as a one-stop click-and-go hub for citizens seeking health insurance has thwarted the efforts of millions to simply log …
Consumer Federation of America: “A coalition of leading consumer groups today sent a letter to Members of Congress calling out the lapses in consumer protection caused by the ongoing government shutdown. The letter highlights how the shutdown has hindered work across a wide array of issues, including airline and auto safety, food and product safety, financial …
By Rex Nutting – MarketWatch: “Of all the falsehoods told about President Barack Obama, the biggest whopper is the one about his reckless spending spree. Almost everyone believes that Obama has presided over a massive increase in federal spending, an “inferno” of spending that threatens our jobs, our businesses and our children’s future. Even Democrats seem to think it’s true. …
Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) Annual – Report October 2013 News release: “The bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China today released its 2013 Annual Report on human rights and rule of law developments in China, which it is required to do by October 10 of each year. “Amid talk of a new round of economic reforms under President …
Democrats remain most likely to be satisfied, but much less so than in September by Joy Wilke. This article is part of an ongoing series analyzing how the government shutdown and the debate over raising the debt ceiling are affecting Americans’ views of government, government leaders, political parties, the economy, and the country in general. …
Via GovDocs Listserv: “Just thought I’d give this group a heads-up about what’s going on with LOCKSS-USDOCS (http://lockss-usdocs.stanford.edu) and the government shutdown. I talked with Mary Alice Baish as soon as I heard about the possibility of a shutdown. She basically told me the same thing as what was in the GPO the press release …
“The national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted Oct. 3-6 among 1,000 adults, finds 44% say Republican leaders should give ground on their demand that any budget deal include cuts or delays to the 2010 health care law. Nearly as many (42%) say it is Obama who should give ground, by agreeing to changes …
STATISTICAL BRIEF #421: Differentials in the Concentration in the Level of Health Expenditures across Population Subgroups in the U.S., 2010. Steven B. Cohen PhD and Namrata Uberoi, MPH- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. August 2013 ‘In 2010, the top 1 percent ranked by their health care expenses accounted for 21.4 percent of total health care …
Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog: “As the government shutdown enters its second week with no end in sight, the stalemate continues to erode our health, safety, the environment and our economy. Just as the effects of a slow-acting toxin are not apparent at first, the shutdown’s impacts may not yet be fully evident, but …
H.R. 3223 – To provide for the compensation of furloughed Federal employees. September 30, 2013. On October 5, 2013 the House of Representatives voted 407-0 to pass this bill to provide furloughed federal employees with retroactive pay at the conclusion of the government shutdown.
News from the Library of Congress October 1, 2013 (REVISED October 3, 2013) Federal Government Shutdown “Due to the temporary shutdown of the federal government, all Library buildings are closed, all public events are canceled, and all inquiries and requests to the Library of Congress web-based services will not be received or responded to until the shutdown …
NYT Graphic – “Where Poor and Uninsured Americans Live – The 26 Republican-dominated states not participating in an expansion of Medicaid are home to a disproportionate share of the nation’s poorest uninsured residents. Eight million will be stranded without insurance. [“About This Report: The analysis includes adults ages 19 to 64 and excludes people living in …
