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Baffled by Health Plan? (OOPSY! Obamacare Inadvertantly ENDS Congress Healthcare!)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/us/politics/13health.html ^ | 4-12-2010 | Robert Pear

Posted on 04/12/2010 7:15:10 PM PDT by tcrlaf

WASHINGTON — It is often said that the new health care law will affect almost every American in some way. And, perhaps fittingly if unintentionally, no one may be more affected than members of Congress themselves.

In a new report, the Congressional Research Service says the law may have significant unintended consequences for the “personal health insurance coverage” of senators, representatives and their staff members.

For example, it says, the law may “remove members of Congress and Congressional staff” from their current coverage, in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, before any alternatives are available.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congress; healthcare; hilarious; lol; obama; obamacare; palin; stupid
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ROTFLMFAO!!! Talk about poetic justice. This is what the Democrat morons get for NOT READING THE BILL!!!

Along with all of the other damage done to America by this bill....

1 posted on 04/12/2010 7:15:10 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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And here they thought it was only the oxen of their constituents being gored...

...I hope the democrats amend it to close this loophole before November. That will turn the electoral tsunami into an electoral tectonic plate upheaval!


2 posted on 04/12/2010 7:20:59 PM PDT by LostInBayport (2010 - The Second American Revolution. The first shot was fired 1/19/2010 -- here in Massachusetts!)
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it is to laugh...


3 posted on 04/12/2010 7:22:17 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 445 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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and the RATS, take another one in the..............................HA ha!!!

4 posted on 04/12/2010 7:24:16 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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From the article: "Congress must now decide what steps, if any, it can take to deal with the problem. It could try for a legislative fix, or it could adopt internal policies to minimize any disruptions."

They'll fix it. Laws don't apply to them anyways.

5 posted on 04/12/2010 7:27:32 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: tcrlaf; All

Courtesy of the morons at Daily Kos, here’s the relevant part of the law:

(D) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN THE EXCHANGE.—
(i) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, after the effective date of this subtitle,
the only health plans that the Federal Government
may make available to Members of Congress and
congressional staff with respect to their service as a
Member of Congress or congressional staff shall be
health plans that are—
(I) created under this Act (or an amendment
made by this Act); or
(II) offered through an Exchange established
under this Act (or an amendment made by this
Act).


6 posted on 04/12/2010 7:27:35 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
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Well now that they passed the law, they are starting to read it.


7 posted on 04/12/2010 7:28:37 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
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I’m sure their loyal leftists followers will gladly sacrifice a spleen, a liver, a heart for them.


8 posted on 04/12/2010 7:29:03 PM PDT by Soothesayer (The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
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9 posted on 04/12/2010 7:33:41 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am against you," O " you most proud, said the said the Lord GOD of hosts)
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Bunch of Dumb***!!


10 posted on 04/12/2010 7:33:52 PM PDT by Bigtigermike (Loose lips sink ships, stay away RINO's)
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They will just write up a fix and attach it to some other bill that has nothing to do with health care.


11 posted on 04/12/2010 7:34:50 PM PDT by freespirited (I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise. --Robert Frost)
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Well, Pelosi said we had to pass the bill to see what’s in it. Now she knows. Members of Congress should have to buy health insurance at market rates.


12 posted on 04/12/2010 7:35:19 PM PDT by popdonnelly (I'm so old, I remember when free enterprise was praised, and communism was shunned.)
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“Congress must now decide what steps, if any, it can take to deal with the problem.”

Term limits would help.


13 posted on 04/12/2010 7:36:22 PM PDT by popdonnelly (I'm so old, I remember when free enterprise was praised, and communism was shunned.)
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To: maggief; Grampa Dave; stephenjohnbanker; GOPJ; hoosiermama; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; ...
LAUGH BREAK: Obamacare Inadvertently ENDS Healthcare for our dear members of Congress..........ROTFL.

Mmmmmmmm..........I'd love to be a fly on the wall to hear the angry calls Harry, Nanny and Ohaha are getting from the elected suckers who they duped into voting for this atrocity.

The WH is sending out personalized gifts (to make amends).

This is to say "thanks for the votes" from your President.

14 posted on 04/12/2010 7:39:25 PM PDT by Liz (If teens can procreate in a Volkswagen, why does a spotted owl need 2000 acres? JD Hayworth)
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The source is the NYT
Not so fast, the clause found on page 158 EXEMPTS those members and staff which have worked on the bill; Waxman, Stupek, Shakowsky, Obey, Pelosi, and their staff members are exempted. The rest are not.


15 posted on 04/12/2010 7:42:13 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (Corps vs Corpse? Why naturally, Obama was talking about the White House Press Corpse.!)
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“But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it..."
16 posted on 04/12/2010 7:45:05 PM PDT by Libloather (Tea totaler, PROUD birther, mobster, pro-lifer, anti-warmer, enemy of the state, extremist....)
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No offense, this will be ‘fixed’ by dems with language in some other bill. Any Repub against it will be played like “You won’t even give your own staff healthcare?”


17 posted on 04/12/2010 7:46:15 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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Well, we’ll see whether or not parts can be repealed. Reid insisted they cannot. Congress will find a way, I’m certain. Once they demonstrate that this can be done, we have the model to start picking it apart.


18 posted on 04/12/2010 7:46:23 PM PDT by righttackle44 (Is Obama an Irish, Italian or Japanese name?)
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That's our best chance of getting that thing repealed!

"History is not just cruel. It's witty."
Charles Krauthammer

19 posted on 04/12/2010 7:48:21 PM PDT by Savage Beast ("True evil has a face you know and a voice you trust." ~Greg Iles)
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I hope they suffer...


20 posted on 04/12/2010 7:49:52 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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