“They don’t give a crap because they have special government insurance that you can’t buy.”
Actually, since January 1, 2014, congressional Members and congressional staff wishing to purchase employer-sponsored insurance must do so through through a plan or exchange created under Obamacare (ACA), in this case the District of Columbia’s small business health options program (SHOP) exchange, also known as DC Health Link, or “DC SHOP”.
So they have the basic health care options as anyone else in DC who eligible to use the exchange.
They DO have a few other options that are only available to Federal employees,including Federal Flexible Spending Account Program (FSAFEDS); the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP); the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP); the Office of the Attending Physician; and treatment in military facilities.
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One of the *really* frustrating things about discussions of community rating is that few people are aware of the “paradox of aging”: that the “healthier” you are now, the higher (on average) your lifetime health-care costs will likely be, as you are more likely to live long enough to get a form of dementia and/or develop expensive multiple chronic degenerative diseases.
So it’s the healthiest young adults who will be the greatest beneficiaries of the aspects of the ACA the Freedom Caucus is trying to eliminate on the grounds that they are unfair to the young and healthy.
So next time you are standing in line next to a morbidly obese person purchasing cart full of carbohydrates and four cartons of unfiltered Camels, reflect on the fact that they are performing a highly altruistic act by working hard on dying early, and thus reducing overall healthcare costs!
Ha.That is great.You are very knowledgeable. I assume you know communism doesn’t work because it is unfair to the producer. Free market solutions or let this thing just collapse.
No young person is benefited by having their money taken away by a government mandate.
If they invest that money privately, they will be able to cover the health insurance they need when they are sicker and older. And have much more money to do so than they would get by paying into a pot now for some expected, hoped-for, future government benefit.