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OneCrazyDiamond

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7. Your link doesn't quite cover all the facts.
Fri Sep 27, 2013, 11:44 AM
Sep 2013

The Daily Kos talks about what the effect was for staffers....They are still not exempt from the ACA, which is the point. It was a fix to a glitch that Congress failed/refused to address.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/13/1231023/-Chuck-Grassley-exempted-Congress-from-Obamacare#

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You decide... [View all] babylonsister Sep 2013 OP
K & R. n/t FSogol Sep 2013 #1
nice meta-messages DetlefK Sep 2013 #2
why were congress and congressional staff given a waiver if it's so fantastic ? NM_Birder Sep 2013 #3
What waiver? babylonsister Sep 2013 #5
Your link doesn't quite cover all the facts. OneCrazyDiamond Sep 2013 #7
Non-existent right wing talking point. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #6
Bullshit leftstreet Sep 2013 #11
They are in the exchanges. What they got extra is their costs are partially paid by employers. Shrike47 Sep 2013 #9
K&R! nt sheshe2 Sep 2013 #4
That pretty well sums it up. DGeorge Sep 2013 #8
thank you for some clarity heaven05 Sep 2013 #10
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