Their health care is not, in fact, free

Published 3:01 pm Wednesday, September 25, 2013

A Tuesday letter writer refers to “free” congressional health care. I’ve seen countless emails and references to “free congressional health care,” etc. It is not free and it is not a government health-care system. Like the Affordable Care Act, it is many health-care providers that 8 million other government workers pay for and use. It is not a single-payer plan, so please check the facts.

Here’s a convenient website that spells if out: factcheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

www.factcheck.org/2009/08/health-care-for-members-of-congress/

Michael Dahlstrom

Everett