Rand Paul’s Proposal: Chief Justice Roberts, All Federal Workers, Enroll in Obamacare
Arguing federal workers should not get special treatment, Rand Paul says he does not want taxpayers
subsidizing the personal health care plans of any federal employee — including Chief Justice John Roberts
— anymore.
With some in Congress arguing lawmakers and their staff should not get subsidies to cover their health
insurance as President Obama’s health care law goes into effect, the Republican senator from Kentucky
told The Daily Caller on Sunday that he’s going to start pushing a constitutional amendment that goes even
further.
Paul’s proposal — outlawing any special exemptions for government employees — would mean all federal
workers would have to purchase health insurance on the new Obamacare exchanges instead of getting
taxpayer-funded subsidies. Some critics say those subsidies amount to special treatment. The Obamacare
health insurance exchange opens Oct 1.
“My amendment says basically that everybody including Justice Roberts — who seems to be such a fan of
Obamacare — gets it too,” Paul told TheDC by phone on Sunday from Mackinac Island in Michigan, where
he won a straw poll of potential Republican candidates for president in 2016.
“See, right now, Justice Roberts is still continuing to have federal employee health insurance subsidized by
the taxpayer,” Paul said. “And if he likes Obamacare so much, I’m going to give him an amendment that
gives Obamacare to Justice Roberts.”
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