Congress Critters Pay $35 Per Month 4 Insurance Premiums, Won't Consider Single Payer 4 Us

[stopbush]

I did some research. People in Congress pay about $35 a month in premiums to get their Gold Standard health insurance. They pay that because We The People are underwriting the real costs of their insurance.

Currently, my family of four has a premium of about $1300 per month. My employer pays my insurance premium of $560 per month. My wife and two kids are on her COBRA, which costs me $755 per month. That COBRA runs out at the end of July, which means I'll have to put the 3 of them on my insurance, which will cost me $900 per month. We really don't have an option as my wife had breast cancer surgery back in 2004 and she won't hit the "cured 5 years" mark until this fall, so it's pointless for me to shop around for a private plan because they'll all reject her for her pre-existing condition.

And our family is one of the lucky ones because we can at least afford to pay for insurance, even if that means we have to cut corners like crazy everywhere else.

It doesn't seem like Congress cares. And why should they? Our insurance coverage is probably costing us $800 a month more than it has any right to. That $800 comes back to those Congress Critters as political donations from the health insurance companies.

So, screw you, Congress, you fucking ELITES who don't give a rat's ass about the constituency you supposedly represent.