rightwinger
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Hate to inform you....But Congress and their staff had to take Obamacare as their personal medical policy when the bill was passed
The Grassley and Vitter Amendments and What They Illuminate About the Cost of Health Insurance
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)1 proposed an amendment to Section 1312 of PPACA removing all members of Congress and their staffs from the Federal Employee Health Benefits (“FEHB”) program and forcing them to enter the newly-formed PPACA insurance exchanges.2As Grassley explained in 2009, “[t]he exchange…is designed to give participants the same kind of choices and options for health care coverage as federal employees. My interest in having members of Congress participate in the exchange is consistent with my long-held view that Congress should live under the same laws it passes for the rest of the country.”3 Surprisingly, the amendment passed,
wrong again, winger
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelcannon/2016/04/15/congress-is-getting-a-special-exemption-from-obamacare-and-no-its-not-legal/#7b8b3b8f7823
You didn't read what you linked to did you?
The Affordable Care Act threw members and staff out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and basically says they can only get health benefits through one of the law's new Exchanges. Under pressure from Congress and the president himself, the federal Office of Personnel Management (which administers benefits for federal workers, including Congress) decided the House and Senate would participate in the District of Columbia's "Small Business Health Options Program," or "SHOP" Exchange, rather than the Exchanges that exist for individuals. The reason is that federal law would not allow members and staff to keep receiving a taxpayer contribution of up to $12,000 toward their premiums if they enrolled in individual-market Exchanges.
congress has a better plan than is available to any average American.
Not what you said....You said they were not covered under Obamacare
They are
The only difference is that they get an employer contribution like all other Federal Employees
why does a person making 200K need a subsidy?
Congressional employees are federal employees. There are 535 Congressmen and almost 10,000 Congressional staff members. 2.5 million federal employees receive an employer contribution to their healthcare....10,000 Congressional staffers deserve the same