Except for the "paying for it" part.
“Except for the “paying for it” part”
Yep, and they get the Gold plan, Taxpayers are probably picking up 25k or more per year for each Congresscritter and their Staff
Right. This is less nefarious than refusing to participate altogether. I am not all that averse to their receiving some assistance - especially lower paid staff - if warranted. But with their insider trading perks and such, it is not sound, ethically or economically, to let Congress members feel no pinch from the legislation they would like to heap on the rest of us “peons.”
To suggest this legislation has to do with reducing health care costs, when in effect it is merely meddling in health insurance costs: this is the most egregious affront of all, if not the unlawful transfer of power to the Executive Branch.
My point, anyway, is that when arguing against this we should take care not to use the word “exemption” or “exempt” as if any member of Congress has asked to be wholly excluded from the exchanges. Like same-sex marriages, however, I hate to speak of exchanges as if they lawfully exist.