Posted on 11/17/2010 7:53:40 PM PST by cheneyschernobyl
A group of House Democrats has released a letter to Republican congressional leaders calling on them to announce which of their members will be forgoing their congressional benefit health insurance (which is subsidized by the government) in light of their party's opposition to health care reform overhaul legislation.
"If your conference wants to deny millions of Americans affordable health care, your members should walk that walk," four Democrats write in the letter, which is addressed to Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Republican leader John Boehner. "You cannot enroll in the very kind of coverage that you want for yourselves, and then turn around and deny it to Americans who don't happen to be Members of Congress."
According to the letter, the federal government pays more than $10,000 of the premiums of each member of Congress who has a family policy under the most selected plan.
The signatories on the letter are four liberal lawmakers: Joseph Crowley of New York, Linda T. Sanchez of California, Donna Edwards of Maryland and Tim Ryan of Ohio. They sent a separate letter to other Democratic colleagues asking them to sign onto the effort.
The Democrats say they were spurred to press Republicans to announce their position by news that Andy Harris, a conservative incoming Republican House freshman, had complained that he would not receive his government-subsidized health care coverage until Feb. 1, a month after he is sworn into office.
Harris campaigned against the health care bill, which is projected to provide coverage to more than 30 million previously uninsured Americans, and his party is vowing to "repeal and replace" it.
In their letter, the Democrats write they were "surprised" to see Harris complain that "there is a delay before benefits take effect. Ironically, this is the same predicament millions of Americans currently find themselves in."
"We also find it interesting that members of the Republican conference would have no problem taking away health coverage from hard-working Americans, but expect expanded coverage for themselves and their families," they add, writing that the health care reform bill gives Americans the option of selecting a plan in a manner similar to members of Congress.
Apples and broccoli comparison. Congressional
“healthcare” is different (by design) from that provided by the government for us peasants.
The disingenuous Dems know this!!
Ping to MindBender26
IIRC last year sometime you did an exclusive here at FR about the Congressional Healthcare plan.
Wondering if you could enlighten us on the differences between the Congressional Healthcare plan, and Obamacare?
It’s my understanding that the Congressional healthcare plan is way better than anything us peons can acquire, and thus the reason the Congressional elite never consider what they force upon us for themselves.
Sitting home smelling their own farts.
Oh that’s just brilliant. The republicans should send their own letter to the democrats ASKING them why they singlehandedlly VOTED to FORCE an unwanted health care plan on the AMERICAN people with NO PROVISION in said plan to put themselves under the same rules. Oh yeah....ask THEM why they VOTED it in in the first place. Why would they do something SO GROSSLY UNFAIR!
That’s what the GOP should reply with. They’ll forego their govt subsidized health plan when the dims vow to enroll in the same health plan they have ‘devised’ for the rest of us.
lame attempt by the rats...
Even by the standards of Dim Democraps .. this is weak.
Hey Troll... we’re still waiting for your reply. What do YOU think of your post? or have you run back to your Soros funded blog sites for another dose of Fascist kool-aid.
Welcome to FreeRepublic.
It’s easy to spot a n00b/troll by the crap they post as their first “effort”.
IBTZ
I smell ozone . . .
That wasn't in the press release, or a quote from a democrat. That was actually a line inserted by the "reporter" for CBS news. Once again demonstrating their liberal bias, to the point of lying.
When you are employed, and part of your compensation is a health care plan, it is not a "subsidy", it is a "perk".
So, unless the democrats want to give up their salaries "which are subsidized by the government", I think they can shut up.
Of course, nobody ever asks the democrats why they don't voluntarily pay higher taxes if they think taxes should be raised.
Zot
Come on numbnuts. Let’s have a reply. Plenty of Freepers have pointed out the utter idiocy of this letter and the twits who wrote it. Let’s “hear” your defense.
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Obama Death Panel Care = INVOLUNTARY.
End of argument.
House Democrats has released a letter to Republican congressional leaders calling on them to announce which of their members will be forgoing their congressional benefit health insurance
something the Democrats refused to do, and Obama refused to do....
House Democrats has released a letter to Republican congressional leaders calling on them to announce which of their members will be forgoing their congressional benefit health insurance
something the Democrats refused to do, and Obama refused to do....
the republicans should ask where they can get the Obama wavers that the SEIU unions got!!!!!
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