Daily News Article - September 25, 2013
1. a) Who is Rand Paul?
b) What is Sen. Paul proposing be done with the government subsidized health insurance federal employees currently receive? Be specific.
c) Why is Sen. Paul making this proposal?
2. Are conservatives the only Americans annoyed that Congress passed Obamacare into law, but they, their families and staff are exempt from the law? Ask a few relatives (parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles), friends, teachers, etc.
3. What does the "Obamacare fix" do for Congress members' and their staffers?
4. When members of Congress complained in August that the cost of their (and their staffers) health insurance would increase under Obamacare, what did the Office of Personnel Management do?
5. Define: subsidy, subsidize, exempt and exemption.
6. a) Should any/all federal government employees' health insurance payments be subsidized by the government? Explain your answer.
b) Should any federal employees (postal workers, Congressmen, employees in government offices in D.C., Supreme Court Justices, etc.) be exempt from Obamacare? Explain your answer.
c) Ask a parent the same questions.