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On the recordSeptember 11, 2014
Reserving the right to object, the Senate has heard the reasons for these objections before, but the fact is that staff and Senators are covered by the exact same plan that is offered under the exchange to millions of Americans. It works just as it has always worked before for employees here in the Senate, and, frankly, for millions of employees in the private sector. Senate employees, House employees pay their premiums and the employer picks up the employer share--no different than it has always been before. Specifically, the law doesn't allow for any employees here to take advantage of the tax credits that are available to many other Americans. This is, of course, just another attempt to undermine the law that is, by every available metric, working. The uninsurance rate in this country is plummeting. Health care inflation is at a record low--
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
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Sep 11, 2014

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