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In reply to the discussion: More bullshit. No, the Congress isn't trying to exempt itself from the ACA [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,026 posts)built on wrongheaded assumptions and a desire to institute reform while leaving the underlying structure and existing profit centers in place.
Congress isn't excepting themselves and their staffs but rather maintaining the structure of their compensation packages, which I believe is fair and reasonable. Why should their employer be restricted from contributing to the cost of coverage in an employer based system.
The problem is of course gamesmanship on one level as you lay out, playing gotcha on both sides.
The bigger issue is the assumption baked in that the employer based market is okay, affordable, and must be left alone that caused this structural failure to come to the surface and become a big game that would require this obvious fix (and may yet have unintended consequences to be discovered).