Friday, December 12, 2014

Republicans for Obamacare


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.









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