Congress and the President are exempt from ACA and therefore are
more equal then other US citizens when it comes to healthcare.
Would the law have passed if they knew it would be applied to them
and their family?
You've been falling for too much of the right wing-nut propaganda about the ACA.
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So, here's the real deal – As things currently stand, Members of Congress and their staff, until 2014, will continue to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). This program, considered among the best in the nation, allows federal employees- including Members of Congress and their staff- to choose from a wide range of health plans and select the one that best suits their needs. Note that the current plan is neither `government' insurance, `free' insurance nor any other sort of sweet deal that the public has been led to believe is the case. The federal employee's program involves private insurance policies with premiums, deductibles, co-pays, etc.
Here's the surprise – come 2014, when the lion's share of the ACA provisions come on line, Members of Congress and their staff will be required to buy their health insurance on an exchange. In fact, their choices will be even more limited than our own. While it is expected that some 24 million people will elect to purchase their health care policy on a state run exchange, we are not required by law to do so. Members of Congress and their staff, however, must buy their insurance in this way.
--- In ibmpensionissues@..., KenSP@... wrote:
Perhaps, the government with such a? law forcing doctors to take Medicare and Medicaid patients should also further reduce the Medicare and Medicaid? doctor's reimbursement to one dollar per visit to save tax dollars. Once such a law goes through, what rational person will want to become a doctor or stay in the US rather than going elsewhere to practice medicine. Should we forbid doctors from leaving the country? Other countries just like the US will always allow and accept doctors within its borders .? So with such a law forcing doctors to accept Medicare and Medicaid patients, we will have even? less doctors than we have today.In some areas of Canada, you have to wait 3 years to be assigned a primary care physician.? It is this doctor who determines what tests you need or don't need under their system.? To avoid this issue, ACA, makes a registered nurse a patient's primary care person and she determines whether you see the doctor or what test you need..? (Remember Nancy said you have to pass ACA first before you know what is in it.)However for treatment in many countries, if you pay cash just like in England, any doctor is willing to see at any time and treat you first before he treats those with government health care insurance. Doctors can set priority rules as to what patients they see first and who they see last unless this also is going to be regulated by the government.? -- Is this Socialism or Communism? When working for IBM in Europe, as a US citizen I had to pay cash and then file with IBM for medical reimbursement since I was not covered under the European system. I had no problems in finding doctors or dentists who were US trained.Save your money for US medical treatment especially when a 15 member non-medical appointed government board who are exempt from ACA will decide what is covered and not covered under Medicare or ACA. Trust the government.Ask yourself why did the Canadian PM go to the Florida and pay cash for a heart operation rather than staying in Canada? for treatment.? When asked about this, his reply was that no one should tell him how to spend his money.But in a socialistic state, all persons are equal but some (party or govenrment officials) are more equal than others.? Congress and the President are exempt from ACA and therefore are more equal then other US citizens when it comes to healthcare. Would the law have passed if they knew it would be applied to them and their family? RegardsFrom an IBM retired person in his 70's and having limited income, who watches this area closely.----- Original Message -----From: ibmchiapetrescue Date: Friday, December 28, 2012 11:02 pmSubject: [ibmpensionissues] Re: Health care law(PPACA) may help Baby BoomersTo: ibmpensionissues@...> Found this on another board: > > Every American citizen over the age of 65 should press their > congressmen or state legislatures to compel any doctor who > received any government assistance or government loan in their > education or career to accept any senior citizen who is covered > by Medicare.> >
