On the recordOctober 15, 2013
Since the Senator is under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program, his monthly premiums for his health insurance and my health insurance receive an employer contribution. That is how most Americans who work get their health insurance. The employer contribution the Senator receives and I receive is about 72 percent of the premium. The Senator from Louisiana has characterized an employer contribution as a government subsidy. I would like to ask the Senator from Louisiana, is he prepared to disclose the government subsidy, as he calls it, that he has personally received for his health insurance as a Member of the Senate?
