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keithbvadu2

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7. Do Congressfolk pay for their health insurance? - Think of the word 'subsidies'

Sun Apr 23, 2017, 07:54 AM

Apr 2017

Do Congressfolk pay for their health insurance?

(easy answer to the health insurance squabble::::::: make everyone eliglble for the same
health insurance that our Congressfolk enjoy)

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(start with the last paragraph of page 17127)

https://books.google.com/books?id=JJC7zJ5o8ioC&pg=PA17127&lpg=PA17127&dq=bush+health+insurance+good+enough+for+congress&source=bl&ots=6ygo-FQ5VU&sig=cUpmb2Oe9RhZcGUeNO78q1TbA-8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRlLiB46zTAhWIrVQKHTdNA1I4ChDoAQgiMAA#v=onepage&q=bush%20health%20insurance%20good%20enough%20for%20congress&f=false

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Do members of Congress pay for 100 percent of their health insurance?

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If we can't get rid of this idiot, we're doomed. n/t TreasonousBastard Apr 2017 #1

It must be a brain defect that causes a person to become a Republican. Vinca Apr 2017 #2

Republicans don't care about the general public's health, safety and welfare. CottonBear Apr 2017 #3

They don't care at all Afromania Apr 2017 #4

Ain't that the sad truth. CottonBear Apr 2017 #13

Until and/or unless it hits home - and hits home HARD. calimary Apr 2017 #25

I use that on libertarian "christians" all the time... paleotn Apr 2017 #35

Yeah. I tried a little of that yesterday at the March for Science. Among friendlies. calimary Apr 2017 #41

It's just legalized campaign bribery sharedvalues Apr 2017 #44

Did she vote for him? n/t malaise Apr 2017 #5

That is The Question of the Year. calimary Apr 2017 #26

Member of the Freedom Caucus aka Republicans who seriously want to kill 24 million Americans dalton99a Apr 2017 #6

Do Congressfolk pay for their health insurance? - Think of the word 'subsidies' keithbvadu2 Apr 2017 #7

We do have the same insurance as congress critters do... usedtobedemgurl Apr 2017 #10

HOWEVER, they get a subsidy which covers 72% of the premiums. groundloop Apr 2017 #14

Then they would not need the exceptions keithbvadu2 Apr 2017 #16

Ouch -- Looks like OH8 is gonna be an easily flippable seat -- no problem. ATL Ebony Apr 2017 #8

I wouldn't bet on it. PdxSean Apr 2017 #11

You'd like to think that but I live in this district. It is gerrymandered in such a way to ensure airmid Apr 2017 #17

Gerrymandering takes place when the bad guys own most of it at the state level. calimary Apr 2017 #45

Ohio is a cesspool of Tea Party members, wingnuts, and White Nationalists. When Boehner left I just airmid Apr 2017 #46

Welcome to DU, airmid! calimary Apr 2017 #47

Obviously, her son should run for Congress, then. Buns_of_Fire Apr 2017 #9

Sadly, this is how most of them think. dawg Apr 2017 #12

How about the son taking THIS Scarsdale Apr 2017 #15

first off . can yoou give me a better job, what if i am disabled you moran AllaN01Bear Apr 2017 #18

the rest of his interview was as equally shameful samnsara Apr 2017 #19

So who is supposed to work in those jobs? greymattermom Apr 2017 #20

Every time this asshole sits down in a restaurant for a meal Mr. Ected Apr 2017 #21

Or sneeze and cough constantly while serving him csziggy Apr 2017 #22

Hey Asshole Warren Davidson .......................reread this again, what you said in quotes turbinetree Apr 2017 #23

How on earth do people of such exceptional cruelty and indifference get smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #24

Time for Warren to get a job in the private sector! bronxiteforever Apr 2017 #27

If they don't care if fellow Americans die, maybe they don't mind killing a few as well. Doodley Apr 2017 #28

This is a common response. MY response to that is that SOMEONE is going to work in that job. Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Mz Pip Apr 2017 #30

screw 'em! paleotn Apr 2017 #31

Mom should have countered DeminPennswoods Apr 2017 #32

They don't believe in minimum wages either... paleotn Apr 2017 #37

And that attitude is what will get the Republicans ousted leftyladyfrommo Apr 2017 #33

What a tightwad uncaring jerk! Left-over Apr 2017 #34

"..his skills are focused in an industry that doesn't have the kind of options..." A man who speaks WinkyDink Apr 2017 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author irisblue Apr 2017 #38

According to some here tazkcmo Apr 2017 #39

They would love to abolish unions and minimum wages BSdetect Apr 2017 #40

Another fine example of Republican Jesus. sarcasmo Apr 2017 #42

Anal Randian mentality from GOP Speaker Ryan on down. oasis Apr 2017 #43