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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
put all of the congressional leaders on social security, remove the lifetime income guarantee, and require all congressional leaders to be on the same health care plan as is offered by the government. period. remove the first class citizen status these idiots have
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I take it that you are unaware that this already is in place.
1. Members of Congress have been paying into Social Security since 1984 (PL 98-21).
2. Members of Congress are in the same retirement pension plan as other federal employees. Members of Congress are eligible for a pension at the age of 62 if they have completed at least five years of service. Members are eligible for a pension at age 50 if they have completed 20 years of service, or at any age after completing 25 years of service. The amount of the pension depends on years of service and the average of the highest three years of salary. By law, the starting amount of a Member’s retirement annuity may not exceed 80% of his or her final salary.
3. Prior to 2014, members of congress were covered by the same health plan as other federal employees -- The Federal Employee's Health Benefits Program.But starting Jan. 1, 2014, House and Senate members, and their staffs, can only obtain employer-subsidized, private coverage through the exchanges established under the ACA. So actually members of Congress lost their health coverage through the FEHBP and now has to purchase private insurance through the ACA exchanges.
It keeps going around the Internets Tubes how congress is in a special class and are exempt from pretty much anything. Members of Congress are federal employees and their benefits are in the same class as for other federal employees. There are some minor differences but they are truly minor.