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Don't worry: Obamacare repeal won't hurt Congress' own health coverage

As President Trump and Republican members of Congress charge full speed ahead with repealing and replacing Obamacare, Ira asks: “What is the current state of congressional reps’ coverage?”

Another way of phrasing that might be: Aren’t these guys shooting themselves in the foot?

Members of Congress are free to buy any health insurance they choose, or to be covered through a spouse’s employer. But if they want federal subsidies to help pay the cost of coverage, they’re required under the Affordable Care Act to purchase insurance through the Washington exchange set up by the law.

If they use Obamacare, they’re eligible for an “employer contribution” — thanks, taxpayers! — of up to 75% of the cost of their plan’s premiums.

But that’s not all.

According to a report last month from the Congressional Research Service, lawmakers “are eligible to receive limited services from the Office of the Attending Physician in the U.S. Capitol for an annual fee.”

Basically, that’s an in-house clinic available to members of Congress for an extra $600 or so a year. It’s staffed by Navy doctors, nurses, technicians and a pharmacist. All treatment, including the services of specialists, is covered by that dirt-cheap annual fee.

If more advanced treatment is required, Congress members have access to military facilities.

“There is no charge for outpatient care if it is provided in the National Capital Region,” the report says. Inpatient care is at rates set by the Department of Defense, which almost certainly are lower than what a private hospital would charge.

If the Affordable Care Act is repealed, one might think members of Congress would be giving all this up. But that’s probably not the case.

What likely would happen is that lawmakers’ healthcare would go back to how it was before Obamacare was passed, when insurance was provided through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan.

If so, up to 75% of premiums would still be subsidized by taxpayers, there would be no exclusions for preexisting conditions, and all those extra perks, such as the special clinic and access to military hospitals, would remain.

The bottom line, Ira, is that members of Congress currently get a really sweet deal on healthcare. If Obamacare is repealed and replaced with something else, they’ll likely still get a really sweet deal.
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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-congress-health-coverage-20170201-story.html
 
You know **** sucks when even inmates are scared things will get uglier for them.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...from-wells-fargo-over-dakota-access-pipeline/

In that call, an inmate said their reasons “for doing what we’re doing” included “Donald Trump. Everything that he did. All the things that he’s doing now. We know that the institution is going to change for the worse.”

That caller said education for prisoners was the inmates’ priority. They also said they want effective rehabilitation for all prisoners and information about how money is allocated to prisons.
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Should be mentioned that shares of CCA went up 43% when Trump got elected (along with defense contractors).
 
...... vp pence ladies and gentlemen


9:00 PM - 1 Feb 2017
"As #BlackHistoryMonth begins, we remember when Pres. Lincoln submitted the 13th Amendment, ending slavery, to the states #NationalFreedomDay"

lets kick off BHM by honoring a white guy. go deeper. a white guy who owned slaves. go deeper. a white guy who owned slaves that admitted he only freed the slaves to destabilize the south, not because he cared about the slaves themselves.

yea pence... this is the FIRST person we should thank during black history month. brilliant.
 
My NT brethren, i had an epiphany tonight.

We should not despair or worry about our future and the future of the country.

Why? How can I bring such good news at such a dark time? Have I lost my mind?

No. You see, progress can never go back. Yes, it can face hiccups, but the accumulation of human knowledge and understanding is like time. It has only one possible trajectoy: forward.

What we are seeing is the last dying gasp of our generation's ignorance, the whip of the Balrog. And yes, Gandolf will be taken to the depths of hell.

But this is temporary. He will return as the White Wizard. We will be ok. Put your emotions aside. We will prevail. We just need to hold a steady course.

Unless there is nuclear war. Then we're ******.
 
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I really hate both these dudes man.
 
Not sure how as a African American you can even sit behind trump during hat presser :smh:

You know why he put you behind him :smh:
 
Rolaholic said:
Bruh...

@NatashaBertrand: Trump reportedly told Mexican Pres last week that US would invade to combat drug trade if EPN couldn't do it himself

http://www.businessinsider.com/trum...ico-phone-call-humiliating-threatening-2017-2
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This can't be real man :lol:
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there's something dump needs to know. We have a saying in my country - the coyote of the desert likes to eat the heart of the young and the blood drips down to his children for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And only the ribs will be broken.
 
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Who the **** is this Paris dude?

Dude has the nerve to say that Donald - thank you AAs for not voting - Trump understands the history of Black Americans. That paycheck must be yuge!!
 
Grant was kinda a real one though

I doubt the GOP would want to champion Grant, since he was more progressive on African American issues in 1870, than the GOP are in 2017
 
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