Republicans Could Save $2.4 Million A Year By Forgoing Their Health Care

[Pharaoh]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/23/republicans-could-save-24_n_787662.html

WASHINGTON -- Some progressive organizations have been making a push in recent days for incoming congressional Republicans to drop their government-sponsored health care on the grounds that keeping the plans would be hypocritical.

The incident started after incoming Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) complained loudly during freshmen orientation that his coverage wouldn't start immediately upon taking office. It took a new turn when Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Penn) and Bobby Schilling (R-Ill.) both said they would, in fact, forgo the coverage. It escalated even further when White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called out Harris for the "irony," and the municipal workers union AFSCME applied a similar charge to the whole GOP shortly thereafter.

"These Republicans want to repeal health reform, putting the insurance companies back in charge and putting affordable coverage out of reach of millions of Americans," said AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee. "If they enroll in the taxpayer-funded health care system provided to members of Congress, they deserve to be denounced as hypocrites."

:dem:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. My math gives me a balanced budget in 7,000,000 years.

I think that qualifies as a surface-scratcher.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Fighting fire with fire.

I love it.

[catgirl]

3. Talk about a rocky start!

We need to keep up the pressure so it gets into all the papers.