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"...Page 114 of the act specifically exempts members of Congress from the public plan..."
"...President Obama has promised Americans that citizens will have the same health care options members of Congress receive. During his presidential campaign, he told an audience in Canton, Ohio, in October 2008: "If you don't have health insurance, you'll be able to get the same kind of health insurance that members of Congress give themselves."
At a news conference June 23, Obama said people will be able to choose their insurance "the same way that federal employees do, same way that members of Congress do."
"...According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, "Federal employees, retirees and their survivors enjoy the widest selection of health plans in the country. You can choose from among Consumer-Driven and High Deductible plans that offer catastrophic risk protection with higher deductibles, health savings/reimbursable accounts and lower premiums, or Fee-for-Service (FFS) plans, and their Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO), or Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO) if you live (or sometimes if you work) within the area serviced by the plan."
"...Mark McClellan, a doctor and economist at the Brookings Institution, "It's significantly more generous than most Americans are getting,"..."
Congress won't signup for this clusterF%$#, but it is the best Medical plan going our President says! Also, I have been told by my friends in Michigan that Congress has written this to allow Union workers to be exempted for the taxation on medical benefits that will be instituted. Why do I read your stuff!
ReplyDeleteI've found older information supporting that union workers would be exempt but they way they are reworking and bastardizing this thing who knows (key question) what'll be in final version. However, Democrats get so much support from unions I'll be dollars to donuts it's still in.
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