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Posted on 05/04/2013 7:33:39 AM PDT by rellimpank
The latest crack in Obamacare opened last week when Politico reported that leaders in Congress were negotiating how to exempt themselves and thousands of their staffers from a major provision of the new law.
Politico said leaders held "high-level, confidential talks" about releasing the folks on Capitol Hill from a requirement that they buy their federal health coverage next year from the insurance exchanges that millions of Americans will use ... and that Congress created.
The members and staffers enjoy highly subsidized health care through the federal job benefits program. When Obamacare fully kicks in on Jan. 1, though, they will have to buy their coverage through those new marketplaces known as exchanges. They will join millions of Americans who will likely buy health coverage through the state-based exchanges.
Trouble for them is, they may not keep the generous premium subsidies they now enjoy. Instead, they'll likely be eligible for the same income-based subsidy that everyone else will get in the exchanges. The lower your income, the higher your subsidy. Lawmakers and senior staffers who earn large salaries — more than $94,200 for a family of four — won't qualify for any subsidy. Some could have to pay thousands of dollars more than they do now.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
94,200 for a family of 4 in DC is a large salary?
A law must apply to all. obamacare exempts his buddies in the religion of peace and the people in congress. 0bamacare is unconstitutional because of that.
slop in the trough,
seed in the furrow
falling from privilege
dance with commoners
pay the piper
So sad!
After an honest depiction of what happened at Benghazi, one that the LIVs can understand, let’s see if Obama and Hillary can punch above their weight.
My give a damn is broken.
Congress were negotiating how to exempt themselves.
Laws are for you not us,so shut up and put the chains on.
Where I am, 4 or 5 families exist on $95,000 per year.
Yes, they are the evil rich.
Every day this country is looking more and more like the old Soviet Union.
It’s about double what I ever made in my life.
Although it isn’t being rich it isn’t a bad salary.
Anyway, it’s about time those who wrote this POS bill felt the sting.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,..."
Members of congress work for us so in no way should they have better benefits than we are entitled to ourselves.
Funny how so many of these congressional dirtbaggers didn’t give a flip until it impacts their own families.
BKMK
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