Sen. Johnson (R-WI) suing over #Obamacare “special treatment” provisions for Congress

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Just say no.

Via The Hill:

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is planning to sue the Obama administration over the federal contributions that lawmakers and their staffs get for health insurance.

A provision in the Affordable Care Act forces lawmakers and aides to buy insurance plans created by the healthcare law or sold on ObamaCare exchanges.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said last year that the federal government would continue to help members of Congress and staffers offset the costs of those plans, as the government does for other federal employees.

But Republicans like Johnson say that policy gives lawmakers and congressional aides special treatment unavailable to others who have to seek insurance on ObamaCare exchanges.

Johnson said last week that he believes the OPM rule broke the law, and that he thinks the lawsuit can help rein in what he sees as a pattern of executive overreach from President Obama.

β€œThe American people have an expectation β€” Wisconsinites have an expectation β€” that members of Congress should be subjected to the letter of the law just like they’re held to the letter of the law,” JohnsonΒ said, according to the Oshkosh Northwestern.

β€œIn this case, members of Congress now are not being held to the letter of the law, and that creates an alienation. It creates a wedge between a member of Congress and their constituents.”

Intriguing. You can read the full opinion piece he wrote on this, which was published Sunday in the Wall Street Journal, here.

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