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Monday, November 18, 2013

Examiner Editorial: Lawmakers and their staffs get special deal on Obamacare

By Editorial Writer | NOVEMBER 15, 2013
Too many in Washington want special treatment and don't want to be covered by Obamacare, despite... Sen. David Vitter is the skunk at the Capitol Hill party. The Louisiana Republican has introduced a measure in Congress called the No Washington Exemption from Obamacare Act. Vitter’s proposal requires that all senators, representatives and congressional staff members participate in Obamacare on the same basis as their fellow citizens. The measure requires the same participation by the president, heads of executive branch departments and agencies, and administration political appointees. No special treatment. No exemptions. No illegal premium subsidies. Live under the same laws that apply to everybody else getting health insurance.
Makes perfect sense, right? Just don’t expect Vitter’s bill to become law because too many in Washington want special treatment and don’t want to be covered by Obamacare. Vitter pointed to this distressing reality during a recent speech before the Senate: “All across the country, as we see daily in the news reports, Americans are struggling with real issues and real challenges created by Obamacare ... but, as that is going on, Washington, leaders here, get an exemption, basically a carve-out, special treatment, a subsidy. That is particularly egregious, particularly unfair, when ordinary Americans suffer under these very real challenges.”…..To Read More….

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