Rep. Rangel: ‘No Question’ Members of Congress Are Entitled to Obamacare Subsidies

Cybercast News Service ^ | October 24, 2013 - 5:13 PM | James Beattie, Ali Meyer

[Olog-hai]

Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) says that there is “no question” that members of Congress who are paid $174,000 a year are entitled to taxpayer-funded subsidies when they purchase health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges. …

Under Obamacare, only people whose income is below 400 percent of the federal poverty level are eligible for a federal subsidy to buy health insurance on the government exchanges.

However, a recent rule made by the Office of Personnel Management allows members of Congress and their staffs to keep the taxpayer-funded “employer contribution” they currently receive under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) when they enter the exchanges. The employer contribution covers about 75 percent of their premium costs. …

[FlingWingFlyer]

Tell us about it CHUCK!

[Secret Agent Man]

charlie, the reason is why....?

[Lurker]

Rope. Lamppost. Rangel.

Some assembly required.

[outofstyle]

This is how revolutions happen. Calling Robespierre....

[AliVeritas]

http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Obamacare-The-Game

[tumblindice]

[Amagi]

Rangel is a crook who is entitled to a stretch in the slammer rather than another taxpayer subsidy.

[Chode]

ESAD you fat RAT basturd you...

[Diogenesis]

They should also be exempt from TAXES (like Rangel)
and from all “laws” they pass for others.

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[Rembrandt]

“Rangel is a crook who is entitled to a stretch in the slammer rather than another taxpayer subsidy.”

That’s heartless! I’d suggest that someone lead him to the shore and allow him to start a leisurely swim from his condo in the DR to Miami. See ya, Chuckie!

[MeshugeMikey]

so we have a law passed....a bunch of WAIVERS made...and now THIS????

[Old Yeller]

I won’t say what most of them are entitled to, starting with that tax evader.

[onyx]

Thank you so much!
A game...LOL.

[Dick Bachert]

It seems that old Charlie is ALSO exempt from the REST of the rules he and his cronies have imposed on us. A 7 minute video concerning our current situation and why we MUST find our way out of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqw7kXG0kxU

[vaudine]

Is this a beached whale? Oh, I see now! It is a beached shark of the rabble rousing genus. Should have his "justice brothers" lined up there-Sharptongue and Jackson-of-a...

vaudine

[G Larry]

On what basis is this clown asserting this “entitlement”?

[Girlene]

Hilarious game. Thanks for posting.

[rdcbn]

They are entitled

[GreyHoundSailor]

I will - starts with tar, follows with copious quantities of feathers and ends with a rail. Hope I get to see it in my lifetime.