It seems that in passing the new Health Control Law, the Congress forgot to repeal the Law of Unforeseen/Unintended Consequences. 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. The confusion raises the inevitable question: If they did not know exactly what they were doing to themselves, did lawmakers who wrote and passed the bill fully grasp the details of how it would influence the lives of other Americans? Gosh Darn! What a shame! The devil is in the details, and a 2,700 page piece of legislation has lots of details. Still, it would be nice for our Congresscritters at least to have tried to read it or, failing that, perhaps to have had others read it out loud for them. Dan Miller via me.
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