- 4,716
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
The article sums up the main problem by saying:
The Affordable Care Act — signed into law in 2010 — contained a provision known as the Grassley Amendment, which said the government can only offer members of Congress and their staff plans that are "created" in the bill or "offered through an exchange" — unless the bill is amended.I feel no pity for them. They put millions of businesses and employees in the same situation. This is not more of a problem for Congress than it is for any other American business.
Currently, aides and lawmakers receive their health care under the generous Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. The government subsidizes upward of 75 percent of the premiums for the health insurance plans. In 2014, most Capitol Hill aides and lawmakers are expected to be put onto the exchanges, and there has been no guidance whether the government will subsidize those premiums. This is expected to cause a steep spike in health insurance costs.
Friday August 2, 2013
Behind closed doors, Congress has apparently crafted an OPM regulation/rule that exempts them and their staffers from having to participate in ObamaCare.
Report: Report: Lawmakers to Subsidize Own Obamacare Premiums with Tax Dollars
Earlier this week, the head of the IRS told Congress that he did not plan on changing his family over to an ObamaCare plan. All the government higher-ups are starting to see ObamaCare plans for the rip-offs that they are... $1,200 a month for a $12,000 family out-of-pocket! I'd be kicked out of every home and business in a heartbeat if that was the health insurance proposal I presented!
Wait until middle income people get sick and see first-hand that they've been scammed. Only THEN will they understand why the House of Representatives tried 40 times to repeal all, or part of ObamaCare. (Today was their 40th time!)
-Allen
Edit to Add this Forbes Article (Explains it better!)
Congressmen Rejoice! Govt. To Subsidize Their Health Insurance Through Obamacare's Exchanges - Forbes
.