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Nothing on the linked page says anything about "Congress is exempt." Everything I've read on the subject says exactly the opposite, that Congress and their sta
by aestra 13y ago
Nothing on the linked page says anything about "Congress is exempt."
Everything I've read on the subject says exactly the opposite, that Congress and their staff are forced to purchase healthcare from the Healthcare Exchanges.
This pages says:
http://www.factcheck.org/2013/05/congress-and-an-exemption-from-obamacare/ http://www.factcheck.org/2013/05/congress-and-an-exemption-f...
The law’s final language on this, written by Sen. Tom Coburn, says that: “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.”
- jeremyt 13y agoI admit that this may be a fuzzy edge case that I'm not completely familiar with, but I think the objection is not that Congress is completely exempt from the act but that the president had the executive branch issue a rule that allowed the government to subsidize congressional health plans, where this is not allowed in any other business. This is technically separate from the waiver objection. I know there's an objection here, so if you can find a reference to it I would appreciate the clarification.