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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes

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Type: News digest / news clipping compilation (house oversight production)
File Size: 1.78 MB
Summary

This document appears to be a page from a news digest produced for the House Oversight Committee (Bates: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019427). It contains two distinct articles: one regarding delays in Arizona's Medicaid testing led by Tom Betlach, and a larger Associated Press article by Charles Babington detailing a push by 80 House Republicans (led by Mark Meadows) to urge Speaker John Boehner to risk a government shutdown to defund the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in 2013. The document does not contain direct mentions of Jeffrey Epstein on this specific page.

People (7)

Name Role Context
Tom Betlach Director
Runs the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System; expressed concern about late testing for Medicaid programs.
Charles Babington Journalist
Author of the Associated Press article regarding the House shutdown letter.
John Boehner Speaker of the House (R-Ohio)
Recipient of a letter from 80 Republicans urging a government shutdown to defund Obamacare.
Barack Obama President of the United States
Mentioned as likely to reject demands to defund the health-care law.
Bill Clinton Former President of the United States
Mentioned regarding the political fallout of the 1995-1996 government shutdowns.
Mitch McConnell Senate Minority Leader
Stated it is impossible to carve out money for Obamacare in any appropriations measure.
Mark Meadows Representative (R-N.C.)
Authored the letter urging Boehner to defund Obamacare.

Organizations (8)

Name Type Context
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
Arizona's Medicaid agency.
Associated Press
News agency that published the article.
House of Representatives
Legislative body mentioned throughout.
Senate
Mentioned as Democrat-controlled.
GOP (Republican Party)
Political party discussing strategy regarding Obamacare and shutdowns.
Tea Party
Mentioned as the 'tea-party-backed conservatives' pushing for the shutdown strategy.
Berkshire Hathaway
Listed in a header at the bottom of the page, likely indicating the next section of the news digest.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.

Timeline (4 events)

1995 and 1996
Previous federal government shutdowns.
USA
Bill Clinton Congressional Republicans
October 1, 2013
Start date for the health care marketplace (Obamacare implementation).
USA
September 2013
Arizona expected to start testing federal data hub for Medicaid.
Arizona
September 30, 2013
End of Federal 2013 fiscal year.
USA

Locations (2)

Location Context
State mentioned regarding Medicaid testing delays.
Implied location of Federal Government/Congress.

Relationships (2)

Mark Meadows Political Pressure John Boehner
Meadows authored a letter to Boehner urging him to defund Obamacare.
Betlach runs the system.

Key Quotes (4)

"It’s a concern that we’re testing this late"
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"Shutdown better than Obamacare"
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Quote #2
"Obamacare... is so unpopular and unworkable that it justifies extraordinary tactics to block it."
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Quote #3
"to affirmatively de-fund the implementation and enforcement of Obamacare in any relevant appropriations bill"
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Quote #4

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