of course they are blaming republicans...
Well, it was a Republican who put the wording into the bill requiring the politicians and their staffs to take a dose of their own medicine. In the original form of the bill, the politicians and staff were exempted from Obamacare.
You might recall that a web site, known as Yid with a Lid, asked a question that went viral, “If Obamacare is so great, why have the politicians exempted themselves?”
So,right before passage, some Republican added the language while the bill was in committee. Since the lawmakers never read the bill before voting, they were caught by surprise.