Government Run Healthcare-Congressmen exempt from proposed plan of care

[DrugReptoNurse]

House Resolution 615

Over the past few weeks, members of Congress and the American people have come to know the details of the Administration's proposed health care plan. Call it whatever you like, I believe this proposal is nothing more than government-run health care. As a physician, I am amazed at the number of bureaucrats in this House who are quick to claim a government-run health care plan is the reform this country needs. In response to this, I have offered a resolution that will offer members of Congress an opportunity to put their money where their mouth is, and urge their colleagues who vote for legislation creating a government-run health care plan to lead by example and enroll themselves in the same public plan.

Under the current draft of the Democrat healthcare legislation, members of Congress are curiously exempt from the government-run health care option, keeping their existing health plans and services on Capitol Hill. If Members of Congress believe so strongly that government-run health care is the best solution for hard working American families, I think it only fitting that Americans see them lead the way. Public servants should always be accountable and responsible for what they are advocating.

Together we will work to ensure that any plan that is good enough is for American families is good enough for every member of Congress.

http://fleming.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=56&sectiontree=29,56&itemid=191

[CRNA2007]

Liberals always exempt themselves of the rules they apply to everyone else. Obama gets rich off capitalism writing a couple of lame books, sends his kids to private schools, gets sweetheart housing deals from Tony Rezko etc... Yet they keep getting elected by people thinking they are going to bring all this hope and change, but in the end they end up being self serving politicians just lining their own pockets.

[HM2VikingRN, RN]

This resolution is pure politics......The proposed health care plan is designed to get everyone up to a basic PPO level of coverage. As a FEHBP subscriber I have BCBS.

It bears repeating nobody is proposing true socialized medicine.......

[CRNA2007]

How is it a basic PPO level when everything under the sun is going to be covered? Will there be co pays for everyone? Will there be drug co-pays for everyone? How about ER copays to end the abuse of emergency rooms? This is not being touted as a basic ppo but a fully comprehensive bill so no one has to pay anything out of their pocket for care and to say otherwise is didingenious.

This resolution is pure politics......The proposed health care plan is designed to get everyone up to a basic PPO level of coverage. As a FEHBP subscriber I have BCBS.

It bears repeating nobody is proposing true socialized medicine.......