{"id":82,"date":"2013-02-13T20:31:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T01:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2013-02-13T21:07:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T02:07:11","slug":"dougs-file","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/dougs-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug\u2019s File"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Color<\/a>Doug Bad\u00adger was a Part\u00adner of The Nick\u00adles Group, LLC<\/span>,<\/a> pro\u00advid\u00ading clients exper\u00adtise on a range of issues from health care and ener\u00adgy to tax\u00ades, finan\u00adcial ser\u00advices, telecom\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions, and trade. Work\u00ading with a vari\u00adety of indus\u00adtry lead\u00aders, he com\u00adbines sub\u00adstan\u00adtive leg\u00adisla\u00adtive expe\u00adri\u00adence with real\u00adis\u00adtic strate\u00adgic advice result\u00ading in tai\u00adlored solutions.<\/p>\n

Pri\u00ador to join\u00ading The Nick\u00adles Group, Doug served as the Deputy Assis\u00adtant to the Pres\u00adi\u00addent for Leg\u00adisla\u00adtive Affairs where he helped for\u00admu\u00adlate the Bush Admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion\u2019s pol\u00adi\u00adcy and leg\u00adisla\u00adtive strat\u00ade\u00adgy. While at the White House, he was also the Pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adt\u2019s lead health pol\u00adi\u00adcy advi\u00adsor work\u00ading close\u00adly on the Medicare Mod\u00adern\u00adiza\u00adtion Act as well as Medicare\u2019s drug cov\u00ader\u00adage, Medicare and Med\u00adic\u00adaid reim\u00adburse\u00adment issues, and the cre\u00adation of health sav\u00adings accounts.<\/p>\n

Doug has worked as a part\u00adner at Wash\u00ading\u00adton Coun\u00adsel Ernst &<\/span> Young spe\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading in health care, intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal prop\u00ader\u00adty, and employ\u00adee ben\u00ade\u00adfits. He also served for a decade as a U.S. Sen\u00adate aide, includ\u00ading stints as Chief of Staff to Assis\u00adtant Major\u00adi\u00adty Leader Don Nick\u00adles and Staff Direc\u00adtor of the Sen\u00adate Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Pol\u00adi\u00adcy Com\u00admit\u00adtee. He has held senior posi\u00adtions at the U.S. Depart\u00adment of Health and Human Ser\u00advices and the Social Secu\u00adri\u00adty Administration.<\/p>\n

Doug holds a mas\u00adter\u2019s degree from West\u00admin\u00adster The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Sem\u00adi\u00adnary and a bachelor\u2019s degree from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doug Bad\u00adger was a Part\u00adner of The Nick\u00adles Group, LLC<\/span>, pro\u00advid\u00ading clients exper\u00adtise on a range of issues from health care and ener\u00adgy to tax\u00ades, finan\u00adcial ser\u00advices, telecom\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions, and trade. Work\u00ading with a vari\u00adety of indus\u00adtry lead\u00aders, he com\u00adbines sub\u00adstan\u00adtive \u2026 Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t