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Also we pay for their healthcare but we cant have that either.
gpt
That's not *wrong*, but it's misleading. Pre-ACA, members of Congress and their staff received the same health benefits as any other federal employee. Under the ACA, they now have to buy insurance on the DC exchange, and the money that would have gone to the federal employee health plan goes to the exchange plan instead. Technically the exact setup is unique to Congress, but employer-provided health coverage is not.