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To: tejek who wrote (740007)	9/17/2013 4:39:45 PM
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Then tell harry reid to stop threatening people that would consider vitter's bill to end the subsidy. A fact sheet that OPM issued on the decision says that because the legal requirement that Congress members and staffers buy insurance from the exchanges is prefaced with the clause "notwithstanding any other provision of law," the policy it is implementing "is not subject to the rule in the Affordable Care Act that prohibits an employer from providing a qualified health plan through an exchange as a benefit under its cafeteria plan." Jordan interpreted the law differently from OPM. He believes the letter of the law requires people to "pay for their exchange plan on their own," and that Grassley’s amendment requires staffers to "fully participate in the exchange by picking a plan, paying for it on their own, and perhaps qualifying for subsidies," said his press secretary, Meghan Snyder. "The rule change will now allow Members and staff to receive a contribution from their employer toward the exchange plan, unlike other Americans participating in the exchange," Snyder told us in an email. "Further, members and staff will not qualify for the same subsidies as other Americans. Therefore, Members and staff are treated differently than the Americans who fully participate in the exchange." Snyder said that the "rule change reduced the cost of the plan for Members and staff by up to 75 percent and changed how the subsidies are applied as well. Those special exemptions, which apply only to Members of Congress and their staff, allows them relief from the full effects of the law."