McCaskill proposes letting people buy insurance from same exchange as Congress

[TexasTowelie]

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill plans to introduce legislation that would enable people to buy insurance from the same health exchange as members of Congress, if all insurers pull out of their county.

The legislation is meant to address a problem facing rural counties amid the uncertainty of the future of the Affordable Care Act.

In many counties in Missouri and nationwide, only one insurer will sell on the health care exchanges, said McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat. If these insurers pull out of those counties, people will have no choice for health insurance, she said.

“Some of the insurance companies are threatening to pull out because, frankly, there has been no signal from this administration that they are willing to support these exchanges,” McCaskill said, referring to President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and the uncertainty of future federal funding for the exchanges.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article151335242.html

[MontanaMama]

1. As a self employed family

I'd appreciate the opportunity to see what kinds of plans congress has access to. The cheapest plan I can get in Montana for a family of 3 is $1322 a month with a $6000 per person deductible. I'll bet those assholes aren't paying that.