Ron Johnson Introduces Amendment Making Congress Eligible for Obamacare

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has introduced an amendment that would appeal the Obama-era OPM rule that let Congress dodge Obamacare exchanges. 
 

The OPM rule described the House of Representatives as having only 45 staffers and 45 employees, and the Senate as only having 45 total employees. This means that Congress was portraying itself as a small business and therefore eligible to buy health insurance on D.C.'s Small Business Health Exchange Program (SHOP). SHOP exchanges are normally only available for businesses that employ fewer than 100 people--except for Congress, evidently.