Obama signs up for health care, selects ‘bronze’ plan in D.C. exchange

[PoliticAverse]

Source: Washington Post

HONOLULU – President Obama has enrolled in the federal health-care insurance exchanges, selecting a bronze-tiered insurance plan on the D.C. marketplace, the White House announced Monday.

In advance of Monday’s key enrollment deadline, Obama signed up for coverage over the weekend during the start of his holiday vacation here in Hawaii in what a White House official described as a “symbolic” act to promote the Affordable Care Act, his signature legislative achievement.

The president’s health care will continue to be provided by the military, according to a statement distributed to reporters from a White House official who demanded anonymity.

Obama’s premium will be less than $400 a month, but it only covers himself, not his wife, Michelle, nor their daughters, Malia and Sasha, according to a White House official.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/12/23/obama-signs-up-for-health-care-selects-bronze-plan-in-d-c-exchange

[NoOneMan]

1. Bronze?!?

How could he afford those copays & deductibles?

[Duer 157099]

2. Do people with insurance already have to sign up? n/t

[Sassysdad]

3. No...

It's a symbolic act...the Presidents care is through the military and will be for life as it should be.

[Duer 157099]

4. That's what I thought

thanks

[CTyankee]

5. Even tho it is just an effort to promote solidarity, it is a good thing...like the king of Denmark

wearing a yellow Star of David when the Nazis made Jewish Danes sew the stars on their clothing.

[alp227]

6. This thread just got Godwinned!

Seriously is this still DU?

[CTyankee]

7. Oh, c'mon! It was just a reference to a good thing, not a bad thing!

Lighten up...or maybe "tighten up."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uN7vm-k-AaA

[dflprincess]

10. The two actions are hardly comparable. n/t

[angstlessk]

8. Bronze...heck...I got the Silver Plan...for $0.37 per month...

[marble falls]

9. It may be a political move but it was a smart move. I want Congress to follow suit about their ....

delusions of austerity and pay for their insurance, dry cleaning, franking privileges, health club, cafeteria, health care, etc. We had better give the President a Congress that will work with him in 2014.