Mitch McConnell falls during Senate Republican lunch

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70. The story behind the story about Sen McConnell getting hurt and medically treated on Capitol Hill.

The benefits that members of the US Congress enjoy, like Republican Senator Mitch McConnell when he injured himself, are breathtaking. Besides the extraordinary pension plan, restaurants, gyms, and barbershops at their disposal, our Senators and Congressmen have an Attending Physician to treat them with hassle-free paperwork: None


Rear Admiral Brian Monahan, Attending Physician to Congress

Members of Congress do not pay for the individual services they receive at the Office of the Attending Physician (OAP), nor do they submit claims through their federal employee health insurance policies. Instead, as of 2009, members pay a flat, annual fee of $503 for all the care they receive. The rest of the cost of their care is paid for by federal funding from the US Navy budget.

This reminds me of the old Soviet Politburo.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attending_Physician_of_the_United_States_Congress

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL30631

https://www.opentable.com/r/members-dining-room-at-us-house-of-representatives-washington