Guess Who's Exempt From Obamacare? As Heather R. Higgins, CEO of Independent Womenâs Voice and head of the Repeal and Reform coalition, notes: If President Trump is serious about...

ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

As Heather R. Higgins, CEO of Independent Womenâs Voice and head of the Repeal and Reform coalition, notes:

If President Trump is serious about repealing ObamaCare -- about delivering a better policy with more choice and lower costs -- thereâs a simple move he could make that wouldnât require congressional approval. It would align the interests of lawmakers and their staffers with the interests of voters.

Congress is essentially unaffected by the high costs of the ObamaCare exchanges because of a special exemption crafted under the Obama administration. The Affordable Care Act required members of Congress and their employees to participate in the health-insurance exchanges it established. They should have lost the generous coverage they had in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program and instead bought one of the government-mandated options offered on the ACA exchanges.

In late 2012, staffers and members figured out what was about to happen and begged the Obama administration for relief. Just as Congress was going into its August recess in 2013, the Office of Personnel Management ratified the fiction that the House and Senate each have fewer than 50 employees, and thus qualify as âsmall businesses.â That enabled OPM to establish a system of special subsidies and exemptions, sparing Congress the embarrassment of a self-serving vote.

Many staffers are exempted and allowed to remain on their old insurance plans. Members of Congress and their designated âofficial officeâ staff are insured through the District of Columbiaâs small business exchange -- but they receive a one-of-a-kind subsidy from their employer (taxpayers) of up to $12,000, or about 70% of their premiums.

Congress is not a small business and should not be exempt from Obamacare. But Obamacare is a plague on real small businesses, and large ones, on their customers, their employees, and the American people. If you donât want to repeal and replace Obamacare, Congress, why donât you try living under it?

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Amazing how the princes and princesses on Capital Hill don't have to abide by the laws they pass for the rest of us.

ACP45 wrote:

As Heather R. Higgins, CEO of Independent Womenâs Voice and head of the Repeal and Reform coalition, notes:

If President Trump is serious about repealing ObamaCare -- about delivering a better policy with more choice and lower costs -- thereâs a simple move he could make that wouldnât require congressional approval. It would align the interests of lawmakers and their staffers with the interests of voters.

Congress is essentially unaffected by the high costs of the ObamaCare exchanges because of a special exemption crafted under the Obama administration. The Affordable Care Act required members of Congress and their employees to participate in the health-insurance exchanges it established. They should have lost the generous coverage they had in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program and instead bought one of the government-mandated options offered on the ACA exchanges.

In late 2012, staffers and members figured out what was about to happen and begged the Obama administration for relief. Just as Congress was going into its August recess in 2013, the Office of Personnel Management ratified the fiction that the House and Senate each have fewer than 50 employees, and thus qualify as âsmall businesses.â That enabled OPM to establish a system of special subsidies and exemptions, sparing Congress the embarrassment of a self-serving vote.

Many staffers are exempted and allowed to remain on their old insurance plans. Members of Congress and their designated âofficial officeâ staff are insured through the District of Columbiaâs small business exchange -- but they receive a one-of-a-kind subsidy from their employer (taxpayers) of up to $12,000, or about 70% of their premiums.

Congress is not a small business and should not be exempt from Obamacare. But Obamacare is a plague on real small businesses, and large ones, on their customers, their employees, and the American people. If you donât want to repeal and replace Obamacare, Congress, why donât you try living under it?

As Heather R. Higgins, CEO of Independent Womenâ... (show quote)

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ACP45 wrote:

As Heather R. Higgins, CEO of Independent Womenâs Voice and head of the Repeal and Reform coalition, notes:

If President Trump is serious about repealing ObamaCare -- about delivering a better policy with more choice and lower costs -- thereâs a simple move he could make that wouldnât require congressional approval. It would align the interests of lawmakers and their staffers with the interests of voters.

Congress is essentially unaffected by the high costs of the ObamaCare exchanges because of a special exemption crafted under the Obama administration. The Affordable Care Act required members of Congress and their employees to participate in the health-insurance exchanges it established. They should have lost the generous coverage they had in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program and instead bought one of the government-mandated options offered on the ACA exchanges.

In late 2012, staffers and members figured out what was about to happen and begged the Obama administration for relief. Just as Congress was going into its August recess in 2013, the Office of Personnel Management ratified the fiction that the House and Senate each have fewer than 50 employees, and thus qualify as âsmall businesses.â That enabled OPM to establish a system of special subsidies and exemptions, sparing Congress the embarrassment of a self-serving vote.

Many staffers are exempted and allowed to remain on their old insurance plans. Members of Congress and their designated âofficial officeâ staff are insured through the District of Columbiaâs small business exchange -- but they receive a one-of-a-kind subsidy from their employer (taxpayers) of up to $12,000, or about 70% of their premiums.

Congress is not a small business and should not be exempt from Obamacare. But Obamacare is a plague on real small businesses, and large ones, on their customers, their employees, and the American people. If you donât want to repeal and replace Obamacare, Congress, why donât you try living under it?

As Heather R. Higgins, CEO of Independent Womenâ... (show quote)

Guess who will be exempt from trumpcare

Tradition Loc: Staten Island, N.Y.

roy wrote:

Guess who will be exempt from trumpcare

For now, Trumpcare is a hypothetical.

Obamacare is, and always has been, hypocritical.

Mike Easterday

John McCain! ! How many times did he back democratic legislation?!

Candace Grugel

Mike Easterday wrote:

John McCain! ! How many times did he back democratic legislation?!

How many times has Songbird McCain voted with the wrong side? I have not checked this, but my brother has lived in AZ for 25 years and he says it is over 90% of the votes. Ain't he just swell?

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Let me guess. The same people that are exempt from Obamacare?

roy wrote:

Guess who will be exempt from trumpcare