Posted on 12/05/2018 8:44:55 AM PST by Libloather
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Over the weekend, the Congresswoman-elect said that the health insurance she will receive as a member of Congress will cost significantly less than the health insurance she paid for as a waitress. "In my on-boarding to Congress, I get to pick my insurance plan," the 29-year-old tweeted. "As a waitress, I had to pay more than TWICE what I'd pay as a member of Congress."
Members of Congress and their staff choose a gold-level healthcare plan through the open marketplace. According to Snopes, Congress members pay approximately 28 percent of their annual healthcare premiums through pre-tax payroll deductions and receive federal subsidies that cover 72 percent of the cost of premiums.
They also get special "free or low-cost" healthcare benefits not offered through healthcare plans on the open market. Snopes reports that members of Congress can pay an unspecified annual fee in order to receive treatment from the Office of the Attending Physician for routine examinations, consultations and certain diagnostic tests. Additionally, members can get free medical outpatient care at military facilities in the D.C. area.
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I remain astounded that she can put a semi-coherent sentence together.
And what will La Cucaracha do to correct this injustice? (Crickets...)
The political elites always live far better than the serfs. The key to an easy life is be a political elite. Our little girl is finally growing into her teeth.
So, will she demand the congressional benefits be ended and become no different than the proletariat? Or, like supporting Pelosi, will she quickly flip?
She has not a clue she has joined the elite and is now one of the bad guys
I’m tellin’ ya, she’s doing us a favor by blowing-in all of her fellow Dems on their hypocrisy.
Too bad she’s in a hopelessly leftist district—or else she might actually grow in her political perspective as she becomes less ignorant about policy.
Yeah, at some point this ditz is gonna say “Uhhh, know what? It sucks to be y’all! Yay meeeeeeee!”
She’ll be a multi-millionaire pretty soon. Wonder what that will do to change her song?
Welcome to the perks and privileges of power.
Cortez - the Latino Maxine Waters.
She’ll begin to love the taxpayer funded goodies she gets as a member of Congress. All of her socialist rantings will just be for the idiot Democrat voters while she enjoys being a Swamp Dweller!
Welcome to the work world. You get a higher paying job, part of that is subsidized benefits. Something everyone should aspire to, regardless of where you are today.
Employers like where she worked have a major incentive NOT to provide insurance....the government.
What a bimbo. Are the American people going to have daily updates on what this beaver toothed beaver is going to say? I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I guess it is laugh at her and cry for America given our great nation now elects such trash to important roles within government.
Actually she won’t ‘pay’ anything for her insurance. WE DO!....................
I seriously doubt she ever paid for insurance.
Yup. Congress has a pretty sweet benefits package. And you get access to it for life after 6 years in.
One of the benefits of being raised in a country run by gringos.
Unless she has outside income, she won’t pay anything for her insurance. WE THE TAXPAYERS PAY FOR IT ALL................Government employees don’t pay taxes................
So is she going to pay double to offset the cost?
No?
Than shaddup.
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