Congress should be required to enroll in Obamacare
If socialized medicine is good enough to force on American taxpayers, it’s good enough for Congress. I like this House resolution from Rep. John Fleming requiring lawmakers in Washington to enroll in any government-run health plan it decides to foist on the rest of us.
Read and sign the petition supporting House Resolution 615 here:
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, 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, and I challenge the American people to demand this from their representatives.
If you agree with me, sign our online petition below and 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.
Hat tip: So It Goes In Shreveport
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Great idea and it will never happen. The little prince’s demand their special rights. After all, they are so much more edukated then us little peons.
and stand in line with all of us at the local clinic that will take hours to see the doc…no special treatment…let them be like anybody else who is going to be required to sign up and wait or be rationed…that means teddy is toast!!! but as we know they won’t…do as we say not as we do mentality…
hohohohoho, you’re wearing the Funny Pants today, Mrs. Malkin. Congress enrolling in Obamacare voluntarily? hahahahaahahHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWHAWHAWHAWHAWHAW
I’ll sign but I still don’t want this bill to be approved.
not a chance…some pigs ARE more equal than others..
Being in the politburo has its privileges, dontcha know?
Hell, yes. And they must give up their huge pensions, too. Why should they be so special?????!!!!!
Yes; I heard Blunt talking about this just this morning!
They’re not going to give up their healthcare any more than their Zlins and Tatras. What? Oh, those are what will replace Chevys and Chryslers.
and there should be random/monthly drug testing, starting with Pelosi. Not kidding.
Talk about two Americas…do people really think that this is an answer. Being retired military, I am very familiar with socialized health care. I have waited for a doctor with a screaming/sick child for over six hours, I have waited at the pharmacy for over four hours. I had a very sick child and had to listen to a doctor who could not speak english tell me what was wrong. I threw a hissy fit and got a different doctor. I am not trashing military care, but now that we are retired it is a different world. People are not going to be happy with this. As for the crumbs in office, they will never manup and put their money where their mouth is. Remember Obama, when asked if he would put his family on this plan…his answer was that he would get the best treatment possible for them. This is just madness. Give this guy another six months and we will not even recognize this country any more.
Not only that, but they should also be in Social inSecurity, just like us. Obey the law, just like us. Go to prison for committing fraud, accepting bribes, etc., just like us.
And Teddy should go to prison for committing manslaughter, just like us.
Remember folks, it is one set of laws for us, and one for them. There is not a chance of those jerks submitting themselves to the same laws they pass for us. Laws are for the “little people”.
In my fantasy world:
When CongressCritters go on their little ‘junkets’ they would only be allowed to go to places where our troops are currently serving.
They would not be allowed to take any family members or staff.
They would travel to these junkets in the back of a C-130 sitting on the troop seats our men and women in uniform have to travel on (and I can tell you that they get real uncomfortable after the first hour).
When they arrive at their destination, they would have to carry their own luggage and throw it into the truck that will deliver them to their accomodations, an 8-man tent without airconditioning.
They will have to shower in such a tents where the only plumbing is a pipe sticking up out of the ground with four shower heads at the top — no stalls, no seats, you undress in an adjoining tent walk in, shower and walk out to dry off and pick up your clothes off the floor.
The latrines for their use would be an outdoor multi-holer that has no running water and they will only be allowed to use it during the hottest part of the day.
Meals would be cold MRE’s, unless one of them could figure out how to light some C-4 without blowing themselves up.
No laundry service would be available, they wear the same clothes for the duration.
Then let’s see what happens to these ‘necessary fact-finding’ journeys.
You’re in prison for manslaughter?
Teddy should go to Canada for his cancer treatment…
There’s a lot of wiggle room in ‘enroll’ – how about ‘enroll and not go outside of’ the plan. Make it illegal to get treatment outside of the plan. No private insurance – no flights to wherever the free market doctors might be.
The healthcare plan I have in mind for liberal/socialist politicians is the plan provided in our prison system. That is good enough for corrupt gasbags like them.
That’s right, AlohaGuy. In fact, I was executed for it last week!
Okay, that didn’t sound right. I should have said, “Just like we would have if we had done it.”
The reason they all went to DC is so they would not have to live like the rest of us. If they cared, they would not be passing all this pathetic legislation. Every vote takes us closer to financial collapse. We have been sold out for too long.
This idea sounds like something that genius of the Senate, Tom Coburn, would come up with.
But of course, because Coburn is an actual rationale human being with a sense of humility, he’s but a mere blip on the Pelosian radar of Central Party Committee master planning.
I’ll say it again: Flight 93 should have been allowed to continue to its target (in exchange for the other three 9/11 planes failing to reach theirs).
Nothing short of such a thing, unfortunately, will ever awake the Idiot American Electorate up to the criminality that is being committed in their name.
A good test drive for what is being proposed is to have all federal employees rely on the VA for their health care benefits. Go ahead and fund it to the tilt for the sake of the veterans that need it. As a bonus make the CBO estimate the costs for 5 years and see how it compares to reality.
What about eliminating the exemption for union members from having to switch from their current health insurance to Obamacare??
That would open a lot of people’s eyes, too.
Making congress and union members accept Obamacare would guarantee the end of the
debateMSM infomercials.If this health care is good enough for me then it is good enough for my employees–Congress once again pretending they dont work for us……come 2010 they won’t!!!
No transparency, no debate just Rahm it in. How is that hopey changey working for you?
Yes, indeed. No exemptions should be a non-negotiable demand.
Obama should be required to enroll in Obamacare.
… just like we would have to.
I don’t recognize it now…on a side note…boos were heard at his all-star game appearance…and it sure did look like the ball hit the ground…
in case none of you have seen the organizational chart for house version of the health care bill…look at this maze…empire building 101…this will only grow along with the costs…and what the heck is this cultural and linguists crap??
http://docs.house.gov/gopleader/House-Democrats-Health-Plan.pdf
Why isn’t the RNC blasting this info loud and clear – where’s Steele on whatever talk show he can get on telling people this is just another scam by Congress? If it’s good enough for this goose, it’s good enough for these ganders. Time to start another phone/email/letter campaign and NO INCUMBENTS IN EITHER PARTY next election! I am sick of all this hopey changey!
And while we’re at it, why not require all DC-based politicians to put their kids through the
blackboard junglepublik skools? Or to participate in Social InSecurity?“Do as I say, not as I do” is the worst kind of “leadership” there is. Sometimes, the best antidote is to expose the policy-makers to the same things that they’re foisting on everyone else: like the example in World War II when an officer on the command staff of an infantry division showed up one day decked out in around 100 pounds of gear. After the commanding general berated him and told him to take all that crap off, his reply was simply that this was what the front-line troops were being required to wear/carry.
It wasn’t long after that that the uniform policy got changed.
There. I fixed it for you.
The GOP needs more resolutions like this one, where the Dems must either swallow their own poison or go on record as refusing to accept what they inflict upon their victims…. errr.. constituents.
But the reason why the pigs get to live in the House while the rest of have to live in the barn is because, while we’re all equal, some are more equal than others…
This is batsh*t crazy. Should lawmakers also be required to send their kids to public school?
Not only should they be forced to sign up for the public option (may it never be created!), they should also agree to individually pay the premiums for illegal immigrants, as determined to be in the country by
Acornthe US Census, divided by the number of members of the House and Senate, plus all the White House, including the czars and cabinet posts. Right out of their own pockets. And after that, I’d like to see a forced sale of any asset they possess, whether in a blind trust or not, that would benefit from cap-and-tax. In other words, divest themselves from hedge funds, investment schemes, etc., that will profit from trading carbon credits. Then we’ll talk.You said it!
Not only that, but they also should be required to send their kiddies to state-funded colleges instead of the Ivy League, and they should be required to take out student loans they pay back themselves, or indenture themselves in Obamacore.
You are GD right they should. If they think they are smart enough to lord over the schools and control they should be good enough for their kids. If not they need to get their GD fingers out of our pie.
formerwm #11 ‘in your fantasy world’
Please run for office, I’ll be your campaign manager. I’m in complete agreement on the military angle.
Me either, tiredofit08. I watched the video, and the catcher was sitting on home plate, and had to reach for the ball. He throws like a girl.
Why am I not surprised?
Why not?
I know I’m not holding my breath!
Usually it’s OUR money where their mouth is. I like it.
No, but the point is the same basic benefits and access to healthcare should be the same for them.
If they want premium healtcare they should have to pay for it. No special plans that insulate them from the suffering of the rest of us.
One additional benefit of enrolling our Congresscritters under Obamacare is that wouldn’t live as long as they do under our current health care system, and thus we would in a way be instituting a form of term limits.
“I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”
Because you remember what a pathetic bowler he was.
If this passes, Botox will be covered 100%. No deductible, no co-pay.
If they think that its so great, then why not???
Why wouldn’t they want thier kids to experience the same level of education and healthcare they think is just great for the rest of us???
Term limits, no lifetime pensions, under same SS, etc., as the rest of us. Male and female barracks for them during their stay. (The can fight over who has to take Barney Frank.) And I love the suggestions above about MRE’s and other “comforts” for while they SERVE.
Congress responds:
“Let the peasants eat cake – after they’ve filled out mountains of paperwork, talked to a dozen bureaucrats, reported to forty different government agencies and waited at least a year first, of course.”
*blink* *blink* *blink*
Don’t forget rehab treatments.
Drudge has a PDF link to the schematic for how health care would work.
Please, you liberal supporters of this massive impending disaster, tell me how this makes health care
1) more efficient and affordable
2) understandable by the average Joe
Second, let’s get a glimpse of our future: 9 month waits for arthritis treatment in the UK. And seeing as how the Obama administration FDA is going to ban or severely limit a lot of painkillers, how will an additional wait help?
Oh, that’s right…the elderly should just deal with it, huh?
Term limits, elimination of pensions, elimination of taxpayer funded health care, elimination of taxpayer funded expenses, such as car leases….these are all good starts. Make these self-anointed monarchs of destiny live by the standards they force on ordinary Americans.
If they want better health care, then they can pay for it. If they need a car to conduct the “people’s” business, they can submit receipts and claim it on their taxes…just like the rest of us. They need to fly to conduct the people’s business, same thing…receipts, and claim it on their taxes.
Let them prove their business expenses just like everyone else has to. Why not make them live by the same rules and restrictions as everybody else?
I would even go one step further…elected Ethics Panels. Rather than the “show” House and Senate Ethics Committees we now endure, why not establish some that are not influenced by fellow politicians or political allegiances?
Members of Congress found guilty of ethics violations should serve mandatory prison sentences of no less than ten years, and minimum fines not to exceed ten million dollars.
Maybe that would get their attention, but I doubt it.
This was an idea Rush Limbaugh & Sean Hannity proffered a few weeks ago and I also blogged about, but it needs significantly more traction.
If they are going to pass this disaster, then they, AS CITIZENS, should be forced into it as well. We should accept nothing less until the Democrats are voted out and we can repeal all of their misguided, bankrupt policies.
They are lucky I am not in charge of any of the insurance companies. If I was a CEO or Chairman of the board of United Health, I would DARE them to create a government health insurance plan.
As soon as they did, I would close down completely. I would liquidate everything. All policy holders, all employees, all everything.
I would divvy up the billions of dollars of reserves among the employees and shareholders.
I would tell ALL policy holders that they no longer have coverage. Since the insurance companies are so evil, you can now get your insurance directly from Congress.
If every insurance company did that, the government would be absolutely crippled. They would have to take EVERYONE on their government plan. Health costs would go from 2.5 T to 6 T in a year. Government would try to cut costs by putting hospitals and doctors out of business.
Bottom line: If all insurance companies closed as an answer to the government health care plan, Obama’s legacy (and Pelosi, and Reid) would be that they bankrupted all the hospitals. . . AND the government in one year.
They are lucky I’m not the one calling the shots. I would use this out of spite and put it directly in Obama’s lap since he thinks insurance companies are so bad.
and then only left-over surplus MRE’s from WWI or generously WWII…certainly not the better stuff from the Gulf or Afghanistan….
Anybody believing congress would sign on to this plan, has been smoking to much wacky backy. By this time we should know all there is to know about sacred cows or should I say pigs.
“We the People” are becoming we the slaves! If we don’t wake up soon, we’ll be marching into Obama’s ovens.
Buck up peeps! Didn’t you hear der leader to tell you that he’s aware we were bad while he was away and now, no more chattering in the schoolroom, it’s time to buck up!
I think the resolution and petition are weak. If Obamacare passes I want everyone in government, without exception, to be required to enroll in it.
Anybody know what coverage illegals get and how much it will cost them?
Hah ,,,
Same as now. Full coverage in the emergency room. Costs them nothing.
Another resolution should be that they are taxed on their gold-plated plan.
Screw the sheeple. If they’re stupid enough to elect socialist, then we/they should suffer consequences. Except for a few good people like Congressman Fleming, the crooks in Washington will NEVER sign on to Obamacare for themselves and for their families.
Apparently, the country (idiot sheeple) haven’t suffered enough yet. Conservatives are more likely to weather the storm of the socialists than the sheeple who elected them. Mexifornia and New York are getting their just desserts. The rest of the country is about to get their/our turn.
By the time Obama, Reid and Pelosi are done with their insane agenda, the sheeple should be begging for conservative leadership.
I’ve posted on this before- they should have the same deal the military does. To qualify for your pension (that is half of your base pay) you have to serve 20 years minimum. If you are convicted of any crime you lose any chance of a pension- even if the idiots in your district re-elect you. Good enough for us, good enough for them.
Congress should be fired and required to enroll in Cobra until it expires.
Hell, yeah! Why not?
Hmmm, if Congress were required to sign up for ObamaCare, I think they would add several amendments:
The Pelosi-Kerry-Boxer Amendment to cover botox treatments.
The Kennedy-Kennedy Amendment to cover alcohol and drug treatment.
The Frank-Vitter-Ensign amendment to cover treatments for STDs.
The Barney Frank “Gerbil Removal and Speech Therapy Coverage” Amendment.
The William Jefferson Amendment covering frostbite received while stashing bribe money.
The Charlie Rangel Amendment covering sunburn received during visits to tax-free Caribbean villas.
An Amendment to exempt Congress from liability in slip and fall accidents resulting when people trip in the puddles of media drool left after an Obama press conference.
The Murtha Amendment, earmarking $8 Billion for the John Murtha hospital in Johnstown Pennsylvania.
I put it up as a jpg image file (from the pdf)link below, I think pdf files are a bad medium for releasing just images. Okay for documents, tho.
http://i26.tinypic.com/2ic738h.jpg
rss, spoken like a true stalinist. the politburo never has to live under the same rules and circumstances it mandates for the masses, and the good stalinists understand that. the people of the politburo are special, and they look after we sheep when they aren’t off at the dacha drinking and whoring. we love the gruel dear sir, can i please have some more.
Enrollment for Congress shouldn’t be voluntary.
It should be MANDATORY!
It’s time they live by the rules they make.
FIFY — There also are private options.
This amendment officially makes the House health care reform bill bipartisan. It’s a Republican amendment to a Democratic bill adopted by a Democratic majority. Don’t say it never happens.
Congress should be required to get a lethal injection…same as Obamacare.
lgm, STFU
Once again, lgm hits the keyboard and a whole lotta’ stupid falls out.
Similar to: “It’s my ball so I get to make the rules!”
You truely are an idiot. If you would put forth a good argument or debate, you would be tolarated, but since you lack the mental capability to do so, you should just crawl back under the bridge where you live.
Only those lawmakers who constantly take a good, legitimate use of tax dollars (school choice) and attack or discontinue it, thereby denying poor and minority students the ability to a good education.
Which will be instantly priced out of existence increasing unemployment. Thanks for pointing that out lgm.
Socky: Covers removal of cranium from anal orifice.
Change that to MUST and I will sign.
Don’t worry folks…I think over time this bill will destroy healthcare overall.What self respecting person will enter med school under these conditions? So if they think they will be accorded better treatment they better think again because they will be left with inferior doctors and hospitals whether they like ot or not.
The entire medical community will suffer due to the stupidity and treachery of these corrupt politicians.
This should be trumpeted on all Conservative media at least! It would open the most jaded eyes! It’s the most telling proof of the sham this program is.
James Greenidge
Queens NY