Thursday, April 15, 2010

Oh, I'll bet they will.

The New York Times, on an itsie-bitsie oopsie found in the new health care law...
WASHINGTON — It is often said that the new health care law will affect almost every American in some way. And, perhaps fittingly if unintentionally, no one may be more affected than members of Congress themselves.

In a new report, the Congressional Research Service says the law may have significant unintended consequences for the “personal health insurance coverage” of senators, representatives and their staff members.

For example, it says, the law may “remove members of Congress and Congressional staff” from their current coverage, in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, before any alternatives are available.
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“The whole point is to make sure political leaders live under the laws they pass for everyone else,” Mr. Grassley said Tuesday. “In this case, after the committee completed its work, the coverage provision was redrafted by others, and that’s where mistakes were made. Congress can and should act to correct the mistakes.”
I have no doubt that our Congressional masters will act without delay to correct any mistake that seems to raise any expectation they must abide by the results of the laws they force on us. After all, our Congressional masters labor so long and unselfishly, protecting us from the vicissitudes of freedom and liberty.

And they're just so darned important.

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