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<blockquote data-quote="Lurkerinthewoods" data-source="post: 3013483" data-attributes="member: 15231"><p>Yep. They get the Gold plan from the exchange but only have to pay 28% of the premium and the rest is paid by me and you. Seems like they still found a way to bypass the BS. </p><p></p><p>As the myth busting website <a href="http://www.snopes.com/members-congress-health-care/" target="_blank">Snopes</a> points out, "contrary to popular belief, Congressional members do not receive free health care." Instead, they choose a gold-level Obamacare policy and receive federal subsidies that cover 72 percent of the cost of the premiums.</p><p></p><p>In short, Snopes reports that members of Congress and staff "pay approximately 28 percent of their annual healthcare premiums through pre-tax payroll deductions." They also have access to "free or low-cost care" through <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8706655" target="_blank">the Office of the Attending Physician</a> as well as "free medical outpatient care at military facilities" in the D.C. area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lurkerinthewoods, post: 3013483, member: 15231"] Yep. They get the Gold plan from the exchange but only have to pay 28% of the premium and the rest is paid by me and you. Seems like they still found a way to bypass the BS. As the myth busting website [URL='http://www.snopes.com/members-congress-health-care/']Snopes[/URL] points out, "contrary to popular belief, Congressional members do not receive free health care." Instead, they choose a gold-level Obamacare policy and receive federal subsidies that cover 72 percent of the cost of the premiums. In short, Snopes reports that members of Congress and staff "pay approximately 28 percent of their annual healthcare premiums through pre-tax payroll deductions." They also have access to "free or low-cost care" through [URL='http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8706655']the Office of the Attending Physician[/URL] as well as "free medical outpatient care at military facilities" in the D.C. area. [/QUOTE]
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