Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal

[riversedge]

Source: Vox.com



Republican legislators want to keep popular Obamacare provisions for themselves and their staff.
Updated by Sarah [e-mail] May 3, 2017, 9:17pm EDT


Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Update: After Vox reported this story, Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) released a statement saying he would close this loophole. Read the story here. The fix, however, will be contained in separate legislation and not offered as part of the American Health Care Act. The version of the bill the House will vote on Thursday still contains the exemption for legislators described below.

House Republicans appear to have included a provision that exempts members of Congress and their staff from their latest health care plan.

The new Republican amendment, introduced Tuesday night, would allow states to waive out of Obamacare’s ban on preexisting conditions. This means that insurers could once again, under certain circumstances, charge sick people higher premiums than healthy people.



Republican legislators liked this policy well enough to offer it in a new amendment. They do not, however, seem to like it enough to have it apply to themselves and their staff. A spokesperson for Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ), who authored this amendment, confirmed this was the case: Members of Congress and their staff would get the guarantee of keeping these Obamacare regulations. Health law expert Tim Jost flagged this particular issue to me.

A bit of background is helpful here. Obamacare requires all members of Congress and their staff to purchase coverage through the health law’s marketplace, just like Obamacare enrollees. The politics of that plank were simple enough, meant to demonstrate that if the coverage in this law were good enough for Americans, it should be good enough for their representatives in Washington. .............

Read more: https://www.vox.com/2017/4/25/15429982/gop-exemption-ahca-amendment

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ACA is great for Congress, their staff and families but not for the rest of us.

Please call your Reps-of all strips-even if it is say thanks-if they are DEMS.


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[displacedtexan]

1. They should be required to have the same healthcare as their home states offer residents.

How would they justify having the same care as those of us in CA, when they're screwing the people who elected them? I'd like to see them try.

[DK504]

16. Yeah, they should...

but they have insider trading too. They bitch about everyone on welfare.... how about all their constiuients are on welfare becasue these guys refuse to do their damn jobs and their people are dying on the side of the road.

None of theese so called reps actually represents for any of us.

[Roy Rolling]

2. Republicans proving Obama was right

Obama was right when he said, under Obamacare, if you like your health insurance you can keep it.

If you're a CongressCritter.

[Ligyron]

3. They are rushing this piece of shit to the floor for a vote.

All 'cause Trumpy wants a win somewhere, anywhere for a two day headline. Those voting for it (if they actually have the numbers) will regret their shortsighted decision for years to come and we have to make sure they do.

It's political suicide and some just don't seem to care.

[cstanleytech]

5. Yup but its also suicide if they dont try because of their promise to repeal it and

its their own stupid fault for making that promise and using it as a drum to rally their voting base around.

[riversedge]

4. Hope you all have called your Rep. If not, Please do so.

[catbyte]

10. I've called my pos "rep" Mike Bishop, MI-8 every day at every office for the last week. That fucking

COWARD has a voicemail that says that " Representative Bishop is not taking calls and his mailbox is full."

I can't believe people keep voting for these corrupt murderers because that's what they are if they pass this vile piece of shit legislation.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. They take out the exemption to LOUD fanfare and SNEAK it back in again. + tax cut for 2%

They also snuck in the provision to cut the provision to support lifetime costs due to catastrophic illness or injury.

They also sucked $1,000,000,000,000 (one Trillion dollars) out of the ACA and gave it to the top 2% as a tax cut.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029013748

Link to tweet

[yuiyoshida]

7. There it is in a nut shell:

"Republican legislators want to keep popular Obamacare provisions for themselves and their staff."

[Kber]

12. Yes - it's the provision that pulls back the curtain on the whole show.

Healthcare for me but not for thee.

I bet it wouldn't have passed the House without that amendment. They care more about the healthcare they will get included in their pensions than their jobs in 2018.

[yuiyoshida]

20. and granny can die in the streets, for all they care...

That's TRUMPDon'tCARE.

[Achilleaze]

8. rank, fetid, stinking republican hypocrisy. as always.

deplorable

[defacto7]

9. They know exactly how bad it is....

Who would want this? They certainly don't want to be caught up in such a thing.

[mfcorey1]

11. SOB's!!!!!!!

[iluvtennis]

13. George Takei on Jason Chaffetz's pre-existing foot problem...

Link to tweet

[bora13]

14. taking a beating

i wouldn't read to much into this as the sorry individuals who vote for this are taking a beating and will need the superior coverage they have. (NOT)

[Solly Mack]

15. For me and mine but fuck you and yours.

[Skittles]

21. isn't that the entire philosophy of the Greedy Old Pig party?

[Solly Mack]

22. Yep.It is.

[NastyRiffraff]

17. And WE'RE supposed to be "Elitist"

according to these POS. They're not even bothering to try to hide their hypocrisy any more.

[Bleacher Creature]

18. This is actually really GOOD news.

Optically, it's a disaster and it's going to make the ads and talking points much stronger heading into the midterms.

[Kablooie]

19. I'm proud of them. Putting their own interests out in front where everyone can see.

Now if there was only a way to inform Republican voters.
But the screeching Republican propaganda machine will prevent any of this information leaking out to their base.