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[b][center][big]President Trump can change this rule[/big][/center][/b]
A rule promulgated by the Office of Personnel Management during the Obama administration that allows members of Congress and their staff to obtain [b]subsidized insurance[/b] alongside other Washington, D.C., small businesses.

That rule has been the subject of significant contention for years, with some lawmakers contending that it is [b]an end-run around a provision in the 2010 health law that requires members of Congress to get their health coverage like other Americans. Lawmakers and their aides get a hefty subsidy from their employer—Congress—when they buy coverage through the D.C. online insurance exchange, which critics contend is unique to them.[/b] Defenders of the rule argue that the provision was never intended to force members of Congress or their aides to lose the employer-sponsored health benefits that many people get on the job.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-threatens-to-cancel-some-health-care-benefits-for-lawmakers-1501352607?mod=cx_politics&cx_navSource=cx_politics&cx_tag=poptarget&cx_artPos=8#cxrecs_s
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The senate and congress should get the same health care as the rest of the country
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