Congress members just politely agreed to be subject to their own health-care bill
In a unanimous vote on the House floor Thursday, all members of Congress agreed they should not be exempt from their own health-care bill. The House is voting Thursday on the GOP health-care alternative to ObamaCare, the American Health Care Act.
The AHCA has been criticized for enabling insurers to charge more for coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. The loophole exempting members of Congress from being subject to the restrictions of the AHCA was discovered last week by Vox. You can read more about it here.
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