According to Grassley, the purpose behind the amendment was not to punish feds, but “to require that elected officials and federal employees purchase insurance in the same manner proposed in the [bill] for private citizens.”
Let's see how long that last after they realize....
"State insurance commissioners have long seen themselves as protectors of the public's wallets -- the officials who say "no" to insurers' requests to increase health insurance premiums. It has not yet sunk in that on this coming New Year's Day, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will flip the commissioners' motives upside-down, prompting them to approve and even encourage premium increases, says Robert F. Graboyes, a senior research fellow with the Mercatus Center and professor of health economics at Virginia Commonwealth University."
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=23855
Please. For every one-off do-gooder story you come up with, I can provide an equalizer on the other side. Congress is full of self-centered money hungry lazy ass public servants who don't do right by "their" employees i.e. the US taxpayer. See how that works?
Nunya.
The dense is strong with this one. The OPM created the exception so that each congressional office could protect their own fiefdom. They all want to maintain a large admin staff and ensure that they continue to get as much money as possible. There is no reason why a congress person can't figure out how to get a policy on the marketplace....just like every single one of their constituents. That is the point. Citizens aren't getting help. Why in hell should an overpaid, taxpayer leach like Pelosi for instance, get any freakin help?
Right. Because The Daily Banter is soooo respected on the interwebs. Awesome.
Intellectually lame.....that is so awesome.
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