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Tell Congress: If you don’t believe in publicly-funde... - 11/22/2011 10:30:07 AM

kalikshama

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Petition:

http://signon.org/sign/congress-if-you-voted?source=mo&id=33102-19913921-sObZrDx

Congress: If you voted against Medicare/Medicaid you shouldn't accept taxpayer-funded health insurance

By Michael Morrill (Contact)

To be delivered to: The United States House of Representatives
If you voted to cut Medicare and Medicaid, you must stop accepting taxpayer-funded healthcare for yourself and your family.

In April, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to cut Medicare and Medicaid. Even Democrats on the so-called Super Committee are talking about cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.

Essentially Congress is telling senior citizens and the poor that tax cuts for billionaires and millionaires are more important than providing a health care safety net for our most vulnerable.

But did you know that members of Congress get great taxpayer funded healthcare? In fact, they get one of the best health care plans in the world.

It strikes us as the height of hypocrisy to be accepting government-provided, taxpayer-subsidized health insurance while denying seniors, the disabled and the poor the basic coverage that Medicare and Medicaid provide.

That’s why we’re circulating this petition demanding that members of Congress who voted to cut Medicare and Medicaid stop accepting taxpayer-subsidized health insurance for themselves. If they believe our most vulnerable citizens should buy insurance on the corporate, for-profit market, shouldn’t they do the same?

Sign the petition. Tell Congress: If you don’t believe in publicly-funded health coverage, don’t accept it.
NEW goal - We need 175,000 signatures
There are currently 174,853 signatures

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RE: Tell Congress: If you don’t believe in publicly-f... - 11/22/2011 10:35:18 AM

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http://www.factcheck.org/2009/08/health-care-for-members-of-congress/

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RE: Tell Congress: If you don’t believe in publicly-f... - 11/22/2011 10:55:09 AM

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Help me out Taz - it looks a lot less private in the pdf sourced in your link: http://mcmorris.house.gov/uploads/August2009HealthCareBenefitsforMembersofCongress.PDF

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RE: Tell Congress: If you don’t believe in publicly-f... - 11/22/2011 11:00:29 AM

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Like other large employers, the government pays a large share of the cost of coverage. On average, the government pays 72 percent of the premiums for its workers, up to a maximum of 75 percent depending on the policy chosen. For example, the popular Blue Cross and Blue Shield standard fee-for-service family plan carries a total premium of $1,120.47 per month, of which the beneficiary pays $356.59. Washington, D.C.-based employees who prefer an HMO option might choose the Kaiser standard family plan. It carries a total premium of $629.46 per month, of which the employee pays only $157.36.

From my link.

While it is private insurance.. and while they do have to pay for part of it, the government, meaning the tax payers, pay the majority.

House and Senate members (but not their families) also are eligible to receive care at military hospitals. For outpatient care, there is no charge at the Washington, D.C., area hospitals (Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center). Inpatient care is billed at rates set by the Department of Defense.

They are entitled to some free health care... which we, as tax payers, who support their insurance, are not entitled too.

Their health care plans will not be affected by the decisions they make. And that is wrong. They should not be paid more than the lowest paid citizen in their districts... and they should not be entitled to health care thats not offered to the public at the same rate based upon income.

Maybe if we started cutting them off at the knees, they will start trying to pull the economy out of the gutter.

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RE: Tell Congress: If you don’t believe in publicly-f... - 11/22/2011 1:43:28 PM

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If the author had any brains the petition would actually be "if you didnt vote to save Medicare and Medicaid by reducing its costs, don't accept it".

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RE: Tell Congress: If you don’t believe in publicly-f... - 11/23/2011 4:40:18 PM

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Why should Congress give up their health care? Because its tax payer subsides? Havent you learn nothing? Read Ayn Rand as long as they get their fuck everyone else. Thats the way the world works. Get used to it. If you want tax payer funded health care go run for office.

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RE: Tell Congress: If you don’t believe in publicly-f... - 11/23/2011 5:54:52 PM

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Okay should I sign or not? Sorry I'm tired and braindead.

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