Interesting, but how are us “exempt” people going to get healthcare after they drive the doctors away and put the insurance companies out of business?
Not sure this is a solution to anything.
Brilliant! I’m calling Mr. Putnam tomorrow to see what he thinks of this.
FREEP ON!!!
Yup. Allow us to go to a local office and get our picture taken and a name badge.
You might be on to something here..
Not legal. There are rules on number of staff and payroll for each member. Phantom staff would be illegal, especially if the purpose is to dodge the law (although the law is unconstitutional on other grounds).
I hope ‘BamaCare’ doesn’t catch on. ‘0bamaCare’ doesn’t besmirch the finest football team in the country.
Roll Tide!
Once Obama signs it tomorrow - it's the law of the land and can't be changed except ith 60 senators - lol
The tragedy of this bill is not the $95 fine you’re seeking exemption from....the tragedy is what this will do to insurance companies and hospitals. It will drive them out business.
The way I read it, the congressional staff IS included in the Obmacare. Only leadership staff is not. Am I wrong here?
Some may think this a bit whacko, but apparently some 63 million Americans don't file taxes (myself included). An average of 3-4000 a year are cited, and of the nearly half that go to trial beat the IRS if they insist on a jury trial. Of course, that was then (last decade) and this is now.....
How exactly does this bill exempt members of Congress (and their staffs) from the program(s) created by the bill? The provision you are quoting states that “the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to Members of Congress and congressional staff with respect to their service as a Member of Congress or congressional staff shall be health plans that are” created under the plan or are part of the health insurance exchange that is created by the plan. By my reading, this provision does precisely the opposite of what you’re saying - it prohibits the Federal Government from giving Members of Congress (and their staffs) anything that is not available to everyone else.
We can also all become Amish.
Not sure if this works, but was posted here two days ago & the poster claims it has the same exemptions as the Amish.
http://www.samaritanministries.org/
There is also an exemption for members of a Christian health co-op.
I say bankrupt the purse and worry about care later. This is why: they won’t stop at this. They will come after what you eat, what you wear, when you exercise, your guns, and your speech. Draw the line now.