Lawmakers, aides may get Obamacare exemption

[jhood001]

Well why WOULDN'T they???




Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, sources in both parties said.
The talks — which involve Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), the Obama administration and other top lawmakers — are extraordinarily sensitive, with both sides acutely aware of the potential for political fallout from giving carve-outs from the hugely controversial law to 535 lawmakers and thousands of their aides. Discussions have stretched out for months, sources said.






http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/obamacare-exemption-lawmakers-aides-90610.html (http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/obamacare-exemption-lawmakers-aides-90610.html)

[zteknik]

What? Did you expect anything else from the elite???

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

This is my surprised face.


See it?

[losttrail]

Obamacare is so good and wonderful that the elitists exempt themselves and their friends.

Imagine my surprise. (sarcasm intended)

[halletts]

"There is concern in some quarters that the provision requiring lawmakers and staffers to join the exchanges, if it isn’t revised, could lead to a “brain drain” on Capitol Hill, as several sources close to the talks put it."

I have a hard time imagining these 'sources' making this statement with a straight face.

[Hound]

WTF flag raised!

[jhirsh5280]

What's good for socialism isn't good for the socialist. I read this this morning and had smoke billowing from my ears. These fucking assholes have the nerve to force this bullshit healthcare "tax" on the American people and now they want out? I love how its being done in secret behind closed doors too, nice Nobel Peace prize winning transparency! These scum bags should be stripped of all pension, salary and privileges and be thrown into south central LA or Harlem and made to beg for forgiveness. Better yet, give them a .22 with 7 rounds and send them into Chicago. I'm fed up with these turd burglars and their bullshit overreach, taxation, and double standards.

[lowbeyond]

they do this, i am upping my exemptions and just never filing taxes again. they can suck it.

[muddywings]

all animals are created equal, just some animals are more equal than others.

[muddywings]

Now IRS wants out of Obamacare:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/07/26/irs-employees-union-is-very-concerned-about-being-required-to-enroll-in-obamacares-health-insurance-exchanges/?partner=yahootix