Crowley to repealers: Skip coverage

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Crowley to repealers: Skip coverage

By GLENN THRUSH | 11/16/10 10:02 PM EST Updated: 11/17/10 9:31 AM EST

A cadre of Democratic House members – all fierce defenders of President Obama’s health care reforms — are asking Republicans who want to repeal the law to forgo their taxpayer-subsidized health insurance out of principle.

The group, led by Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) and three other progressives – responding to a POLITICO report that repeal proponent Rep.-elect Andy Harris (R-Md.) complained about a lag in his federal coverage – is circulating a letter among Democrats that would call upon Republicans to ditch their insurance, paid in part by taxpayer funds, if they are committed to rolling back Democratic reforms.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45256.html#ixzz15YJO2ckk

"Principle?" Hahahahahahaha. That's funny.

[lisa58]

1. love it, love it, love it!

[supernova]

2. YESSSSS!!

:applause:

[tinymontgomery]

3. That is how you

start getting them on the ropes, but you need to keep pounding and pounding the same msg and have others do the same. Sooner of later the tea people will start seeing these con artist for who they are.

[Angry Dragon]

10. +1000 ............. I agree and you pound them on everything

[AndrewP]

4. Pure awesomeness!

[southern_belle]

5. k & r n/t

[Poboy]

6. This is an excellent way to fight back. -nt

[zbdent]

7. way too long in coming.

Put your money where your health is, Repugs ...

[Hepburn]

8. Some billboards in their home districts, IMO...

...not a bad idea. So that the people who voted for them to get rid of federal healthcare ~~ those voters can see for sure where that (R) representative stands!

:rofl:

[goforit]

9. Yesssss Repugs!!! Hand over your fucking insurance NOW!!!

[Kingofalldems]

11. Real Democrats

K and R

[rustydog]

12. I challenged a co-worker in a similar manner

He would rant about the abuse of unions, how they poison the workplace and demand things like family care act, paid vacations etc. he maintains that if you are a good worker, your employer will reward you with good pay, vacations and healthcare that is not MANDATED by a criminal union!

So I asked him, in front of his like-minded audience if it was true he took advantage of family medical leave when his son was born. he stuttered yes...I asked if it was true he called HR and complained that a holiday occurred during his FMLA and he should get another day extra because of the holiday? i then asked if he refused to take vacations and sick pay in order to stand on his strong principles. He shut up, frowned and stormed off.

any time he starts a rand around me, I begin my series of hypocrite questions and he storms off.

[Jensen]

13. This needs to go Viral...Tweet it, post in every board ...

Make those R's worms eat their words and hopefully it will give the Dem's a strong way in how to handle themselves going forward!!!!
Just called Joe Crowley (D-NY) office to thank him 202-225-3965 very nice lady to my call.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

14. This is quite easy to implement.

New hires of the federal goverment can become members of the FEHB, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. They fill out a form, the (SF) 2809, on which they designate which health plan they want for coverage. In Part A, they provide information about themselves and members of their family who are to be covered. There is also a Part E. That has a box that federal employees can check to indicate that "I do NOT want to enroll in the FEHB Program."

New members of Congress or the Senate who oppose "socialized healthcare" can simply display, on their official website, their (SF) 2809 with the box in Part E checked to indicate that they have opted themselves and their family members out of coverage in the FEHB plan.

It's just like that "real" Hawai'ian birth certificate that the birthers insist is being kept from them. Make the repealers show their (SF) 2809 with the box in Part E checked.

Federal Form (SF) 2809, FEHB Health Benefits Election Form

Scroll down to page 14 to see Part E.

In case members of Congress have a plan separate from the FEHB, surely there is a corresponding form. I will accept that as evidence.

(Edited) Members of Congress are eligible to join FEHB:

Benefits question by Hopkins doctor surprises fellow freshmen

Rep.-elect Harris snagged in health care flap
Benefits question by Hopkins doctor surprises fellow freshmen
November 16, 2010|By Paul West, The Baltimore Sun

....
In fact, the health insurance plan at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where Harris has worked since the 1980s, does cover employees from the first day of employment. That provision makes the Hopkins plan more generous than most, including the Federal Employees Health Benefits plan, which starts covering new members of Congress and their families about a month after they enroll.

According to Politico, when Harris, a married father of five, learned he wouldn't get health insurance from Day One, he asked the two women who were conducting the benefits briefing if he could purchase coverage from the government to fill the gap, according to Politico.
....

Harris may have seemed particularly vulnerable on the health care front, given his background as a doctor and 12-year career as a lawmaker.

"As the only physician in the Maryland state Senate, I know how legislatures approach health care issues," Harris wrote in an op-ed article last year for the Daily Times of Salisbury. "Politicians are usually tone-deaf to those who know the most about the issue: patients and their health care providers."

[malaise]

15. Freaking perfect

I love it

[piratefish08]

16. we'll see how those bootstrappin' asshats like it when they have to buy their own viagra........

[Blue Owl]

17. Don't forget to start the "Ask A Republican With Government Health Insurance" column

And loop the clip of Bill Kristol admitting on television that government health insurance was the best insurance possible.

[Canuckistanian]

18. Excellent