Trump targets Congress members' own health plans

[TechMan]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/31/trump-finds-obamacare-repeal-leverage-congress-insurance-benefit.html

Looks like Trump is going to force healthcare reform by removing a rule that will force congress members to pay for their healthcare premiums.  Evidently it is a carve-out from 2013.

Under the Obama administration, the Office of Personnel Management decided to grant what is often described as an exemption under the Affordable Care Act allowing lawmakers and their staff to keep getting a government subsidy for health care.

This required a special OPM decision to categorize Congress as a small business, allowing lawmakers and their aides to get government payments as an employer contribution through the exchange. Absent that, they would have been directed onto the individual exchange which prohibits an employer contribution.

Emphasis mine.  In what realm would you consider Congress with all their staffers a small business?  According to the article Congress numbers 20,000+.

[Ben]

Good. I hope he can pull it off. I was in favor of this back when the whole debacle started. If it happened, it would be an interesting show watching Pelosi, Waters, etc. cry racism and anti-feminism for making them get their insurance the same way a good portion of middle America has to, since they won't qualify for subsidies. It would also have the Rs getting their act together once they have skin in the game.

[Hawkmoon]

Dear G-d, PULEEEEEEEEEEZE make it happen!

[Scout26]

Do It.

[lee n. field]

Bronze plan.

[MechAg94]

I am all for it.

[Ben]

Also, honestly, when Obamacare passed  I would have liked to have seen that applied across the federal government, even though it would have affected me at the time. I bet within a couple of years, about a half million federal employees that always voted D would have switched to R or stayed home.

[cordex]

I bet within a couple of years, about a half million federal employees that always voted D would have switched to R or stayed home.

Or voted D yet again based on promises to further expand Obamacare.

[Pb]

Good!

I remember, their "small business" exemption was a patent fraud that Obama ignored...

and Rand Paul of all people helped cover it up:

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/05/11/rand-pauls-fishy-stance-on-obamacare-benefits.html

[RocketMan]

I am optimistic. Trump will use this to scare the Senate back into session.  They'll pass ObamaCare 2.0, Trump will sign it into law, and everyone will pat themselves on the back for a job well done.