On Sep 1, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Charles Bennett wrote:
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?
<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.
Bullshit. They'll have the option to use their employer-provided
insurance (the healthcare they have now), or the public option /
Medicare-for-all. Same as everyone else. Public *option*. There's
no exemption. You're raving.
They already exempt themselves from most laws, including minimum
wage..
This makes no sense. If they were "exempt" from minimum wage, it
would mean they get paid less than the minimum. Minimum wage laws
allow many of us, including me and hopefully you, to make more.
*Minimum* wage just ensures a livable baseline (theoretically) for
everyone, just like the proposed public option.
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.
Uh... can't you use a military hospital if you want to? How does that
make Mitch McConnell more equal than you?
-Patrick
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