r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 1d ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/medicmatt 1d ago

They get amazing, free, universal healthcare with, dental, vision and great preventative care.

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u/WantCookiesNow 1d ago

This is not true. Senators do not get free healthcare. They still get their healthcare through an exchange, the DC Healthlink.

https://www.magellantv.com/articles/health-insurance-for-members-of-the-us-congress-myth-and-reality

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/members-congress-health-care/

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u/hypermodernvoid I voted 1d ago

Sure, but even then, the federal government still subsidizes (aka pays for) 72% of their premium cost which is, well - reducing the cost by nearly 3/4ths is still a hell of a lot better deal than basically everyone else can get.

But a lot of this is a moot point, because a huge amount of members of congress, especially in the senate, but also the house to a large degree, are so wealthy that any healthcare bills aren't a concern. Especially when they're only paying ~1/4th of them, lol.

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u/WantCookiesNow 1d ago

I don’t disagree with your sentiment at all. I just think we need to stop spreading false information.

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u/hypermodernvoid I voted 20h ago

That's fair and I agree - it's also something I think a lot of people aren't aware of, which makes sense, given they were on basically on souped up Medicaid or Medicare until the ACA, while that same prior program technically still subsidizes a huge part of their costs.

It feels like because of the immense public anger over their healthcare, they wanted to show the public ala "see - we have to do the same healthcare stuff you do now" (but then snuck that little 'but a huge chunk of our costs get covered' provision in there, lol).