Tell Your Congressman to Get On Their Proposed Health Care Plan

" (C)ongressional health benefits are a lot "perkier" than those for ordinary citizens. Members are quick to note that Congress uses the same federal-employee health benefits as everyone else in federal service. They just tend to leave out three significant details that CAP's Ruskin points out. In addition to their federal health benefits, members of Congress can receive free outpatient care at either Bethesda Naval Hospital or Walter Reed Army Medical Center. For a small annual fee ($275 for the House; $520 for the Senate) they also get on-site treatment from the Capitol Office of the Attending Physician." This was written in 2000, so the perks may well have been increased in the last nine years!

Politicians Receive the Country’s Best Care - at Taxpayers' Expense

Congressional Health Care Benefits, the Rolls Royce of Health Plans?