There wasn’t a lot of ballyhoo about it.
Let’s give credit when it’s due: yesterday the GOP
Conference in Washington mandated that Republican senators take steps to
require their staffers to obtain health insurance through an Obamacare
exchange.
The Affordable Care Act, as passed initially by Congress and
signed by President Obama, contained loopholes allowing senators and representatives
to exempt their congressional staffs from participation in the national health care
act. Instead, they were permitted to keep their subsidized Federal Employee
Health Benefits Program.
Now I’m waiting to hear that the Democratic senators will follow
the leaders.
It’ll be nice to hear leaders on both sides of the aisle in
the House of Representatives taking the same step.
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) said "Washington should have
to live under ObamaCare just like everybody else until we repeal it.”
I agree….except for the “repeal” part.
I don’t really think the Republicans are going to repeal
Obamacare. It is helping millions of folks who otherwise couldn’t get decent
health insurance.
Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2014
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