Topic: Sauce For The Goose? Probably Not But We Can Hope

[trapeze]

LINK

Hard to believe that they didn't exempt themselves or their staff...

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.

The fear: Government-subsidized premiums will disappear at the end of the year under a provision in the health care law that nudges aides and lawmakers onto the government health care exchanges, which could make their benefits exorbitantly expensive.

Democratic and Republican leaders are taking the issue seriously, but first they need more specifics from the Office of Personnel Management on how the new rule should take effect — a decision that Capitol Hill sources expect by fall, at the latest. The administration has clammed up in advance of a ruling, sources on both sides of the aisle said.

If the issue isn’t resolved, and massive numbers of lawmakers and aides bolt, many on Capitol Hill fear it could lead to a brain drain just as Congress tackles a slew of weighty issues — like fights over the Tax Code and immigration reform.

The problem is far more acute in the House, where lawmakers and aides are generally younger and less wealthy. Sources said several aides have already given lawmakers notice that they’ll be leaving over concerns about Obamacare. Republican and Democratic lawmakers said the chatter about retiring now, to remain on the current health care plan, is constant.

Difficult to see how they get out of it without making themselves look more elitist than they already do.

[Pandora]

They no longer care how they look ... to us.

[AlanS]

....many on Capitol Hill fear it could lead to a brain drain just as Congress tackles a slew of weighty issues...

Brain drain? They haven't had a brain in DC for decades.

[Glock32]

Instead of surgery, maybe they just need a pain pill?  Or how about a cyanide pill?

[Libertas]

And how many are going to willingly line up for DumbassCare via state exchange?  From CA, check this out - $2,000 deductible, $321 monthly premium, $45 office co-pay & $250 ER charge...vs $95 (or 1% of family income, whichever is greater) "fine" Chief Justice Roberts deemed a "tax"?!

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obamacare-2-000-deductible-affordable-102300895.html?l=1

Remember, they called this the "Affordable Care Act"!

       

Choke on it libiots!  Choke and die!!!

[charlesoakwood]

Grassley inserted that little bit into the bill, they'll fix it.

[Pandora]

Grassley inserted that little bit into the bill, they'll fix it.

It is my understanding Grassley included it as a poison pill, hoping it would help kill it.  The bill-pushers called his bluff out of spite and now they're whinging.

[Septugenarian]

....many on Capitol Hill fear it could lead to a brain drain just as Congress tackles a slew of weighty issues...

Brain drain? They haven't had a brain in DC for decades.

It makes one wonder;  if that is considered an asset, what in the world would a liability be??

[Alphabet Soup]

....many on Capitol Hill fear it could lead to a brain drain just as Congress tackles a slew of weighty issues...

Brain drain? They haven't had a brain in DC for decades.

It makes one wonder;  if that is considered an asset, what in the world would a liability be??

I thought you aid "asshat" and, since we're talking about Capitol Hill, I thought it entirely appropriate....but I was wondering which one?

[Libertas]

Remember this asshat?



http://www.imao.us/index.php/2013/06/pick-a-pelosi-on-obamacare/

We do, rest of America?  Yeah, not so much...

[warpmine]

Remember this asshat?



http://www.imao.us/index.php/2013/06/pick-a-pelosi-on-obamacare/

We do, rest of America?  Yeah, not so much...

That's because the rest of Amerika has perpetual brain farts.

[Libertas]

Or is it farts for brains?...We established earlier they have no brains.

[Predator Don]

Remember this asshat?



http://www.imao.us/index.php/2013/06/pick-a-pelosi-on-obamacare/

We do, rest of America?  Yeah, not so much...

Time and time again, day in and day out, it doesn't matter what a liberal said yesterday. Thier base doesn't care or too ignorant to understand. I speak to them daily. I had a elderly lady blame the sequester because she lost an element of her healthcare that paid her gym membership. Ever since the proposal of obamacare, supplemental insurance the elderly use has changed every year, or should I state cover less every year. I use to attempt to help them, but not anymore because most of them support obama(care). Now I set them straight and tell them what it will cost to keep coming into my business.

I'm tired of stupidity.