rep. Joe courtney: Anti-health care republicans officially receive taxpayer-funded coverage
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today, republican members of congress who ran on a platform of repealing health care and patients' rights for millions of americans officially began receiving their own congressional health insurance. just two weeks after their party voted unanimously to strip patient protections and affordable coverage for all americans, all but 15 new republican members of the 112th congress are enrolled in a comprehensive insurance plan. Their plan is paid for with generous subsidies courtesy of the american taxpayer, and has no waiting period for pre-existing illness or disability."
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how is getting health insurance from your job the same as getting insurance from the government if you do not work for them? The subsidy paid into it by the government. Is the same as the subsidy my company pays for my health insurance.
Once they leave congress, they would have to go get new insurance, same as anyone else getting another job.
The comparison is invalid.