On Sep 1, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Jared ''Danger'' Earle wrote: > On 1 Sep 2009, at 20:12, Charles Bennett wrote: >> 46 Senators are eligible. None participate. > >> looks like about 100 Reps are eligible. None participate. > > None? I read that as most of them get Federal healthcare. Am I reading > it wrong?
The point was that no eligible congress people use *medicare* even though they could choose to. (those born in 1944 and earlier) They have a very nice plan, pretty well administered too. It has a bunch of options so they don't have to go wait with the unwashed masses <http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-06-23-congress-benefits_N.htm > The fact is that they intend to EXEMPT themselves from anything they pass. They already exempt themselves from most laws, including minimum wage.. besides their plans they ALSO can choose to use the military hospitals. "Lawmakers can also utilize taxpayer-subsidized care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., had bypass surgery at Bethesda in 2003. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., battled cancer last year with treatments received at both sites." (that's a freebie for them, BTW) So.. I guess they are a little more equal than the rest of us. =c= _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
