Will America NEVER wake up!?!

Barack ignores law, exempts Congress from ObamaCare

By Coach Collins, on August 4th, 2013

by Doug Book, editor
For months, DC Congressmen and their aides have suffered greivious angst at the thought of being subjected to the same ObamaCare legislation that elite body has imposed on the rest of us.
In June, Coach is Right wrote:
Thanks to an amendment to the Affordable Care Act, members of the political ruling class and their congressional staff will soon join with the little people in suffering the financial distress promised in a 2,700 page law read and understood by very few within the beltway. And the DC elite do not like it one bit.
Before ObamaCare was rammed through the Senate via reconciliation, Senator Charles Grassley made certain that members of congress and their staff would have to obtain health insurance by enrolling in ObamaCare exchanges just like everyone else. After all, “…if Congress was going to impose Obamacare upon the country, it should have to experience what it is imposing firsthand.”

So here we are, nearly 4 years later and for months lawmakers have been working to gingerly rescind that portion of the ACA which would put their premiums on a par with those to be experienced by the common clay.

At least that was the plan until a Harry Reid spokesman ostensibly put the issue to rest with:
“There are not now, have never been, nor will there ever be any discussions about exempting members of Congress or Congressional staff from Affordable Care Act provisions that apply to any employees of any other public or private employer offering health care…”

It seems Republicans had publicized the efforts of their repeal-minded friends across the aisle and news of the scheme was NOT received kindly by the American public.
Well DC politicians are not used to playing an honest game. As a result, “dozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting.”
Of course, the loss of inside-the-beltway talent is far more serious than the consequences of average people quitting or losing average jobs.

So don’t be surprised to find that some one, some entity, some bureaucracy outside the immediate purview of congress should ride to the rescue of our mistreated lawmakers. After all, if they have to live like commoners, why run for the job? (1)

Well that is just what happened last week as “the Office of Personnel Management, under heavy pressure from Capitol Hill, [issued] a ruling that says the government can continue to make a contribution to the health care premiums of members of Congress and their aides…” (2) In short, members of the DC political establishment will still be able to choose the most expensive healthcare plans available and taxpayers will still pick up 75% of the tab.
So Congress is officially exempt from the Affordable Care Act thanks to a deal worked out by–that’s right–Barack Hussein Obama. (3)
Sort of warms the cockles of your heart knowing that the political ruling class won’t be inconvenienced, doesn’t it!