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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Continued Changes to Affordable Care Act



As Americans anxiously await the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, or as it is widely known today as Obamacare, President Obama has made the decision to make sure that Congress and their staffs will continue to keep their healthcare subsidies.

Senator Chuck Grassly, a Republican from Iowa threw those subsidies in question by proposing an amendment to the healthcare law by requiring the political staff to enter into the healthcare exchange of purchase “insurance” by law.

However, after meeting with Democrats, President Obama has personally assured his fellow colleagues that they would not be losing their subsidies after all.  This exemption for staff will allow members to retain their “executive subsidies” under the Affordable Care Act. What’s more interesting is how Obamacare continues to be tailor-made in order to meet the needs of those who support the law.

These proposed regulations implement the administrative aspects of switching Members of Congress and Congressional staff to their new insurance plans — the same plans available to millions of Americans through the new Exchanges,” said Jon Foley, OPM Director of Planning and Policy, in a statement.

The political healthcare management is showing Americans that our version of Obamacare is not good enough for the politicians who wrote the Affordable Care Act. A double standard that Americans are understandable upset about. 



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