Doug Badger

Doug Badger joined the Nickles Group in September 2006, after serving as a senior White House adviser. As Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Doug helped formulate Administration policy and legislative strategy on a broad range of issues, including health care, energy, taxes, financial services, pensions and employee benefits, intellectual property, trade, and telecommunications. Badger also served for two years as the President.s lead health policy adviser, developing the Administration.s proposal for adding prescription drug coverage to Medicare and representing the White House in negotiations with Congress that resulted in enactment of the Medicare Modernization Act. He also advised the President on other health-related matters, including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues and the creation of health savings accounts. Prior to joining the White House, Badger was a partner at Washington Counsel Ernst & Young, where his practice included health care, intellectual property, and employee benefits. He also served for a decade as a U.S. Senate aide, including stints as Chief of Staff to Assistant Majority Leader Don Nickles and Staff Director of the Senate Republican Policy Committee. Badger also has held senior positions at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Social Security Administration. Badger holds a Masters degree from Westminster Theological Seminary. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Delaware.