Senate health version ensures that the unwashed masses are not part of the Senate risk pool:

[Bluebear]

...The details were revealed Saturday through a "Manager's Amendment," offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. The amendment specifies that OPM cannot reduce the staffing or funding which currently goes toward administering FEHBP in order to meet this new responsibility. It requires OPM to maintain seperate risk pools for FEHBP and the "multi-state plans," as they're called--which means that the legislation wouldn't affect benefits or premiums for FEHBP enrollees.

http://blogs.govexec.com/fedblog/2009/12/details_on_opmhealth_care_comp.php

For the next time somebody crows that this is "just like" the plan that Congress members enjoy.

[tbyg52]

1. Can't be having the peons mix with our betters.

Oh, wait - we elected them.

[Cleita]

2. Common sense would dictate that they can't open the FEHBP to everyone or the

risk would increase, something I have been trying to explain to everyone who advocates this. What we will get is something that looks like it but is more watered down and more expensive.

[RC]

3. FEHBP is open to all Federal employees, not just congress.