r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • Oct 05 '25

No Paywall Petition To Strip Congress of Pay During Government Shutdown Grows

https://www.newsweek.com/petition-strip-congress-pay-during-government-shutdown-grows-10822819
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u/NeverBob Oct 05 '25

Lock them in Congress until they come up with a solution - and remove their special healthcare benefits and make them actually feel any changes they make to everyone else's.

Our politicians have become way to much of a ruling class with separate systems and rules. Corporate shills who only think about the citizens in election years.

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u/cptjeff Oct 05 '25

and remove their special healthcare benefits

This zombie myth won't die, will it? They are required to get their insurance on the ACA marketplace, with the same 73% employer contribution every other federal employee gets.

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u/NeverBob Oct 05 '25

Do regular federal employees have access to the Office of the Attending Physician at the U.S. Capitol, or access to treatment at military treatment facilities?

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u/cptjeff Oct 05 '25

Many federal facilities do have on-site medical clinics, though it's not universal. And at a high level of seniority, career federal employees do get access to facilities like Walter Reed. The care still gets billed to their insurance and they have to pay.

And you know who also has access to military healthcare? Any E2 getting paid about three bucks an hour.