The lame-duck spending bill includes a carve-out that allows lawmakers to opt out of Obamacare.
parliamentary leadership I slipped The Continuing Resolution (CR), a stopgap spending bill that allows lawmakers to no longer have access to health insurance plans like Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and instead use the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Includes clauses.
Under the ACA, lawmakers and some congressional staff are required to use the Obamacare exchanges, but some Republicans have long been trying to change the system.
report suggest This change was not included in an earlier draft of the healthcare portion of the CR, so this provision was a last-minute addition.
Federal Health Benefits Program offer There are many health insurance options, and the program reportedly covers up to 75% of premiums for government employees.
The cut made many people on Capitol Hill uncomfortable, including some Democrats.
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) wrote:We should try to raise wages and lower wages for Americans. health Cutting the cost of long-term care and ensuring new taxpayer-funded benefits are not slipped into legislation that must be passed behind closed doors. As long as salary increases and new employees health Care benefits for members include: CRI vote against it. ”
“'A swamp will become a swamp, right?' 1400 pages. I haven't seen the text yet. Multiple subjects. Important health Long-term care law related to 3-month extension CR About $110 billion remains unpaid. This is not the way business is done,” wrote the press office of Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas).
Elon Musk wrote, “How can you call this a 'continuing resolution' when it includes a 40% salary increase for Congress?”
Vivek Ramaswami writes:
The bill could easily have been less than 20 pages. Instead, the bill's 1,547 pages are filled with dozens of unrelated policy items. There is no good reason for it to be passed as a package deal by a lame duck Congress. 72 pages worth of “pandemic preparedness and response” policy. Renewal of the much-criticized Center for Global Engagement, the centerpiece of the federal censorship state. 17 different commercial laws. Paving the way for a new football stadium in Washington, DC. Raise salaries for members of Congress and the Senate and make them eligible for federal employee health insurance. Pushing these measures through at the last minute without discussion is indefensible. [Emphasis added]
“We appreciate DOGE’s warm welcome on Capitol Hill.Almost everyone agrees that we need a smaller, more streamlined federal government, but actions speak louder than words. “This is an early test. This bill should be rejected,” he added.
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