Is it true that Congress will be exempt from the provisions of the proposed Health Plan?

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Yes, Congress will be exempt form the Health Plan! It isn't good enough for them. They receive 100% health coverage and prescription plan.

They pay nothing for there plan and pay no Copays. It is completely free, paid for by the Tax Payers of this country. If they had to take the same health plan that all other people have to take, then you would see a big change in health Care in the US.

That you will never see in your life time. They feel they are above all of us regular people.

1 Congress has the same plan that the other GS (General Service) federal employees have. I had it and my wife had it and it was very close to the Blue Cross plan I had when I worked for the state of Texas. Since the President said "If you have a plan you like, you will not have to change" many will stay with their federal plan (mine was also Blue Cross and that is why I said they were much the same) and Congress can keep the same if they want.

Congress has the same plan that the other GS (General Service) federal employees have. I had it and my wife had it and it was very close to the Blue Cross plan I had when I worked for the state of Texas. Since the President said "If you have a plan you like, you will not have to change" many will stay with their federal plan (mine was also Blue Cross and that is why I said they were much the same) and Congress can keep the same if they want.

Brucejc replied to post #1: 2 Not an answer to the question.

3 There isn't any one plan for them to participate in. The House and Senate are working on very, very different legislation. One option under discussion is whether there will be a public health care option, but it's an option, not a requirement.

Despite the rantings on so many web sites, none of the plans under discussion call for abolishing any of the existing private health care systems. There is a resolution before the House encouraging Congress to participate in that plan rather than the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program that they get now. That would be kind of odd, since the public plan is designed to be a minimal plan, a fiscally responsible choice.

The FEHBP is a very good plan, open to Congress as well as other federal employees, and would likely remain open. It's a costly set of benefits; federal employees get excellent benefits in exchange for salaries well below what private contractors get. I'm sure Congress will be exempting themselves from something; they do that regularly.

But the plans under discussion have been so widely misrepresented as nationalized health care that it's nearly impossible to explain what's really going on in the fog.

There isn't any one plan for them to participate in. The House and Senate are working on very, very different legislation. One option under discussion is whether there will be a public health care option, but it's an option, not a requirement.

Despite the rantings on so many web sites, none of the plans under discussion call for abolishing any of the existing private health care systems. There is a resolution before the House encouraging Congress to participate in that plan rather than the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program that they get now. That would be kind of odd, since the public plan is designed to be a minimal plan, a fiscally responsible choice.

The FEHBP is a very good plan, open to Congress as well as other federal employees, and would likely remain open. It's a costly set of benefits; federal employees get excellent benefits in exchange for salaries well below what private contractors get. I'm sure Congress will be exempting themselves from something; they do that regularly.

But the plans under discussion have been so widely misrepresented as nationalized health care that it's nearly impossible to explain what's really going on in the fog.

Gary4books replied to post #2: 4 Just look at the top of the frame - it says "discussion" and not "answer. "Try to pay attention. It is not an answer.

I know that. You know that.OK.? .

Just look at the top of the frame - it says "discussion" and not "answer. "Try to pay attention. It is not an answer.

I know that. You know that.OK.?

" "Can I enroll in a non-Blue Cross dental plan and still be enrolled with Blue Cross for other health issues. " "Congress wants to be exempt from any health care bill that would be put on our backs.Is this fair? " "Do you envy the health plan that only Congress gets?

" "If Obama is defeated in 2012 and the Republicans are in charge of Congress again, will they produce a health care plan.

Some in the news media are accusing people who are against the proposed health care plan of being racist.......

Can I enroll in a non-Blue Cross dental plan and still be enrolled with Blue Cross for other health issues.

Congress wants to be exempt from any health care bill that would be put on our backs. Is this fair?

If Obama is defeated in 2012 and the Republicans are in charge of Congress again, will they produce a health care plan.

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