Punchline: More proof that Congress is populated by morons …
A report from the Congressional Research Service found that — because of imprecise language and a possible drafting error in the ObamaCare bill — senators, representatives, and their staffers may end up having their ‘Cadillac’ coverage replaced by everyman’s ObamaCare.
A provision in the bill inadvertently bars members of Congress and congressional staff from taking part in the current federal health employee plan.
Watch for a legislative fix … via the 51 vote reconciliation process, of course.
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Excerpted from NY Times: Baffled by Health Plan? So Are Some Lawmakers, April 12, 2010
The new health care law will affect almost every American in some way. And, perhaps fittingly if unintentionally, no one may be more affected than members of Congress themselves.
The Congressional Research Service says the law may have significant unintended consequences for the “personal health insurance coverage” of senators, representatives and their staff members.
For example, it says, the law may “remove members of Congress and Congressional staff” from their current coverage, in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
The confusion raises the inevitable question: If they did not know exactly what they were doing to themselves, did lawmakers who wrote and passed the bill fully grasp the details of how it would influence the lives of other Americans?
Representative Jason Chaffetz, Republican of Utah, said lawmakers were in the same boat as many Americans, trying to figure out what the new law meant for them. “If members of Congress cannot explain how it’s going to work for them and their staff, how will they explain it to the rest of America?”
Full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/us/politics/13health.html?hp
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