What kind of health care do lawmakers and Obama get? WASHINGTON — Throughout last year's presidential campaign and this year's debate over fixing the nation's health care system, lawmakers have delivered the same refrain: That the American people deserve the same kind of health care that members of Congress get.
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Congress's Own Health Plan As A Model For Medicare Reform. Congress's Own Health Plan As A Model For Medicare Reform. Introduction. As Congress begins work on a reconciliation bill to put into place legislation to flesh out the entitlement spending targets of the recent budget agreement, lawmakers are considering ways to reform Medicare.
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Congress's own health plan, the FEHBP, is one of Washington's unsung success stories. For many years, it has given Members of Congress, as well as millions of active and retired federal employees, a range of modern plans and benefits unavailable to Medicare beneficiaries.
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The president and the members of the congress are covered using the Federal Employees Health Insurance Program. The Federal Employees Health Insurance Program features managed competition, with private insurance providers, labor unions and other employee associations offering the plans. The plans are sold at a fee, and are available not just for the president and members of the congress, but for all federal employees. The program provides over 300 private health care plans that covers the president, senators, congressmen, down to the janitors who clean the White House.
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What Health Benefits Do Congressmen Receive? On the campaign trail this week, Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry touted a plan to give Americans access to the same health coverage that members of Congress enjoy. One of his competitors, Howard Dean, has been pushing a similar proposal. What sort of health benefits do congressmen receive?
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Members of Congress are eligible for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program, administered by the United States Office of Personnel Management. The program covers 8.3 million Americans, from humble bureaucrats to the most powerful presidential appointees.
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Obama, wielding his own prod, opened a recent news conference with a pointed reference to the disparity between lawmakers and those they serve. I have great health insurance and so does every member of Congress, Obama said, noting he also has a doctor standing by around the clock. This debate is about the letters I read when I sit in the Oval Office every day, and the stories I hear at town hall meetings..
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At times others are selfish for persuaded to pay taxes for health care, but it could possibly …help you whenever you may need it! That's the reason I think health care is important. Everyone's opinion is different.why don't you think of prevention then would need less health care. This country makes too much money taking care of the symptoms not the disease or prevention by way of pharmaceuticals and surgeons. 2 people found this useful.
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Other members have also declined federal healthcare benefits; Kagen is the only member to have no health insurance coverage whatsoever. For The Record. Los Angeles Times Sunday, August 09, 2009 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 4 National Desk 1 inches; 57 words Type of Material: Correction.
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McClellan said it would cost nearly $2 trillion to get Americans up to congressional-level health care. Obama also gets in-house medical attention through the White House medical unit, which has a team of military doctors, nurses, physician assistants, medics and administrators.
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what type of health care does congress have
Congress have the Federal Employees Health Benefits program for health care. Congress has the Federal Employees Health Benefits program.