Think about this a second, that insurance might well seem extravagent and certainly subsidized, but they still make the employees pay for about 30% of it.
Hmm ~ what a deal eh.
This all comes to an end when you're 66 ~ then they turn you over to Medicare ~ but you still get to pay and pay and pay.
At some point someone should 'splain to that Congresscritter that all the propaganda he's heard on the issue is just that ~ propaganda.
BTW, the Congress already voted to conform to the Obamakkkare stuff ~ but FEHB already did. That's why there's no big change that've you seen announced.
Obamakkkare has nothing new ~ just the same old same old.
Are you telling me that a secretary who works for, say, the U.S. Forest Service or the Bureau of Indian Affairs has the same health care as a loser like Sen. Max Baucus (D-umbass, Montana)?
If so that’s news to me.
But even so: why should there be any distinction for federal employees and the rest of us? If I’m going to have my good health care ruined by Obamacare, and I think it will be, why should the fed folks get to make an end run?
“FEHB, the Federal Employees Health Benefit program is not all that plush.”
You are misinformed. FEHB is a fantastic health care package. The best part of FEHB is that coverage can continue throughout retirement contrary to your assertion. You are correct that FEHB is highly subsidized by taxpayers especially after retirement. As usual, taxpayers get stuck the tab for first benefits provided to government employees.