Idea that members of Congress get free or low-cost, highest-quality health-care plans is a myth [View All]

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http://www.cleveland.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/idea_that_members_of_congress.htmlby Stephen Koff / Plain Dealer Bureau Chief
Monday July 27, 2009, 4:00 AM


WASHINGTON --

...Problem is, the belief that Congress gets cheap-but-Cadillac-quality health benefits is a myth. Some members of Congress, in fact, pay higher premiums for their health plans than they would if privately employed...


And Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, has steadfastly refused to use federal health insurance since his election to the U.S. House in 1992. His office says he pays $4,169 a year to get his own health insurance through The Plain Dealer's union plan for reporters and nonexempt editors. Brown's wife, Connie Schultz, is a Plain Dealer columnist.

Brown could save money with a federal plan. But it's a matter of principle, he says. Brown says that until all Americans have access to the choices and coverages that Congress members get, he does not want to participate in the federal plan...


Voinovich, however, said, "I don't have to make that decision" about whether to go on the public option, "because we're not going to have a public option."


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