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To: true believer forever

They are enrolled in Obamacare. In 2014 members of congress and their staffs were taken out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program FEHBP)and given the option of enrolling in DC Health Link the Obamacare program for the Washington DC region. They get 72% of the policy fees covered and they pay for the rest.


16 posted on 07/28/2017 3:45:53 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower
They are enrolled in Obamacare. In 2014 members of congress and their staffs were taken out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program FEHBP)and given the option of enrolling in DC Health Link the Obamacare program for the Washington DC region. They get 72% of the policy fees covered and they pay for the rest.

ObamaCare required members of Congress to enroll in the law's health insurance plans. But so far, Republicans aren't planning to require lawmakers to participate in the new insurance market they're proposing.... Health insurance for members of Congress — and their staffs — was one of the most contentious inside-the-Beltway fights in the long, drawn-out battle over ObamaCare. Lawmakers were stripped of the health insurance that other federal employees get and tossed into ObamaCare, initially without a contribution from their employer, the federal government — thanks to a Republican amendment introduced by Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/congress-health-care-repeal-replace-obamacare-236154

I tend to think a lot of members can pay for concierge service from any doctor they wish ...

34 posted on 07/28/2017 4:05:01 PM PDT by true believer forever (Fight the Attacks against Trump: PLANT YOUR FEET, LEAN INTO IT, BEAT IT BACK.)
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I keep telling people this but they’re not listening everyone just keeps screaming.....THEY’RE EXEMPT!
It’s getting old. Apparently even President Trump doesn’t know it.


35 posted on 07/28/2017 4:05:22 PM PDT by sheana
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I don’t know why people think Congress are exempt from Obamacare. It was a big deal when the amendment to force them into it was passed.


54 posted on 07/28/2017 5:46:56 PM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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