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Rich66 · 08-16-2009, 04:58 PM

"Members of Congress are eligible - like all other federal employees - to sign up for one of the "cafeteria" health insurance plans offered all other federal employees. .... the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, the largest employer-sponsored health insurance program in the country.

Because of its size, the program offers federal workers dozens of health plans to choose from, instead of the two or three that corporations and businesses typically offer their workers."

Well...since we are already paying into this arrangement, lets see if we can give the rest of us access to these plans, either as individual policies or employer based. If the premiums are reduced by the numbers of fed employees already in, the more the merrier. And we should have a way to assess the Fed employees satisfaction over the years with their choices. I hope they have some higher deductible/HSA options in there too. That kind of option could be very beneficial to youngins that don't realize their snowboarding could go bad.

08-16-2009, 04:58 PM	#10
Rich66 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South East Wisconsin Posts: 3,431	Re: House bill would make health care a 'right, responsibility' "Members of Congress are eligible - like all other federal employees - to sign up for one of the "cafeteria" health insurance plans offered all other federal employees. .... the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, the largest employer-sponsored health insurance program in the country. Because of its size, the program offers federal workers dozens of health plans to choose from, instead of the two or three that corporations and businesses typically offer their workers." Well...since we are already paying into this arrangement, lets see if we can give the rest of us access to these plans, either as individual policies or employer based. If the premiums are reduced by the numbers of fed employees already in, the more the merrier. And we should have a way to assess the Fed employees satisfaction over the years with their choices. I hope they have some higher deductible/HSA options in there too. That kind of option could be very beneficial to youngins that don't realize their snowboarding could go bad.