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Sen. Mary Landrieu will buy health coverage in Louisiana and lose out on federal subsidy
Times Picayune (NOLA.com) ^ | 11/22/2013 | Bruce Alpert

Posted on 11/25/2013 6:43:53 AM PST by BerniesFriend

Sen. Mary Landrieu will buy health coverage in Louisiana and lose out on federal subsidy

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said Friday that she and her husband will buy their health insurance from Louisiana's Affordable Care Act marketplace.

That decision means she won't qualify for the federal contribution provided to federal employees, including members of Congress and their staffs. It can be as high as $11,377 for a family health plan.

Members of Congress and their staffs must buy insurance through Washington D.C.'s small business exchange to qualify for continued federal health subsidies, under a recent directive from the Office of Personnel Management.

After reviewing their options, Landrieu said she and her husband, Frank Snellings, decided to bypass the D.C. exchange and sign up with the Louisiana exchange for themselves and their two children.

"We are pleased about the number of choices we have to choose from, the value this coverage will provide and that this is coverage our family can count on when we need it," Landrieu said. "In the coming weeks and months ahead, I will continue my efforts to fix and strengthen the Affordable Care Act so that every working person and middle class family in Louisiana and across the country can have affordable, quality insurance that they can never lose."

The New Orleans exchange that Landrieu and her family are using has 41 insurance options, according to the senator's staff.

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: 113th; 2014election; democrat; landrieu; landrieuobamacare; louisianapuchase; obamacare; obamacarenrollment
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To: Vigilanteman

I can tell you exactly how long this will last: until 6 a.m. on November 5, 2014. Give or take a few hours.
That will be when Landrieu will be looking for a job and healthcare.


41 posted on 11/25/2013 7:35:42 AM PST by Bitsy
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To: Bitsy

. . . from your keyboard to God’s ears. And I hope she has a lot of company from other Senate Democrats.


42 posted on 11/25/2013 7:38:37 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: RouxStir

My wife actually went to LSU with Mary Landrieu. She was a fine, moral, Christian lady at the time. Decades in the democratic party have made her a shell of a human being.


43 posted on 11/25/2013 7:39:11 AM PST by 2nd Amendment (Proud member of the 48% . . giver not a taker)
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To: BerniesFriend

She is only “losing out” on the subsidy temporarily. She is free to go right back into the FEHB program at some later time. She needs the political cover right now so she can get re-elected.


44 posted on 11/25/2013 7:39:40 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: mmichaels1970

I don’t know of many families that could afford an $11k premium.


45 posted on 11/25/2013 7:44:03 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Only if Josef Stalin is counting the votes."

The chick will probably win and have a big enough cushion where Stalin will not be needed. The "cute pig" brings enough "bacon" to the table that enough registered voters of the opposite Party chooses her every time. Landrieu means "grifting out-of-Staters for your best interest" in Louisiana voodoo.
46 posted on 11/25/2013 7:48:50 AM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: BerniesFriend

Gee. You don’t think she is doing this for political purposes do you??


47 posted on 11/25/2013 7:51:18 AM PST by Venturer (Keep Obama and you aint seen nothing yet.)
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To: BerniesFriend
Mary is running scared.

Mary is circling around the bowl.

48 posted on 11/25/2013 8:00:50 AM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: 2nd Amendment

Washington corrupts.

Nearly 536 elected who serve in Washington are infected.

For many, it becomes a terminal, chronic condition. For a few, they manage to escape by seeking other employment outside the beltway.


49 posted on 11/25/2013 8:09:25 AM PST by TomGuy (.)
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To: BerniesFriend

Will she have a viable GOP opponent?


50 posted on 11/25/2013 8:10:39 AM PST by clintonh8r (Don't twerk me, Bro!)
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To: BerniesFriend

Too little too late. She needs to be forced to buy it by being kicked out of office.


51 posted on 11/25/2013 8:11:12 AM PST by dforest
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To: BerniesFriend
Internal polling numbers must be down the dumper.
52 posted on 11/25/2013 8:17:22 AM PST by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
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To: BerniesFriend

I think she was either the last senator or next to the last senator to be incentive-ized by zero to vote for O-care.


53 posted on 11/25/2013 8:18:20 AM PST by duckman (I'm part of the group pulling the wagon!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Only if Josef Stalin is counting the votes.

Her corrupt, tax hungry brother is mayor of New Orleans. Orleans Parish is always the last to report voting results -- the reason is obvious.

Our sissy, EINO governor Jindal will never say a bad thing about Landrieu.

It will take much much more than wishful thinking to defeat this evil, corrupt woman.

54 posted on 11/25/2013 9:11:13 AM PST by sand88 (We can never legislate our way back to Liberty)
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To: sand88

Too bad. She deserves to be a civilian.


55 posted on 11/25/2013 9:12:47 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: sand88

EINO = RINO


56 posted on 11/25/2013 9:13:31 AM PST by sand88 (We can never legislate our way back to Liberty)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
. She deserves to be a civilian.

She should be in prison with the rest of the Marxists in D.C.

57 posted on 11/25/2013 9:14:22 AM PST by sand88 (We can never legislate our way back to Liberty)
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To: sand88

No argument here. We’ll be in their camps long before they’re in prison, I suspect.


58 posted on 11/25/2013 9:17:00 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And he will.


59 posted on 11/25/2013 9:26:22 AM PST by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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To: BerniesFriend

My husband calls her “Hillary Landrieu.” He says Mary is too pretty a name for her.


60 posted on 11/25/2013 9:27:34 AM PST by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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