Rand Paul: Force John Roberts Into Obamacare

Rand Paul: Force John Roberts Into Obamacare

Tuesday, 24 Sep 2013 02:09 PM

By Andrea Billups

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Chief Justice John Roberts is such a fan of President Barack Obama's healthcare plan he should not be prevented from receiving its benefits, Sen. Rand Paul says.

And now Paul is planning to introduce a constitutional amendment to ensure that Roberts — and all other federal employees — are forced into the Obamacare system.

"My amendment says basically that everybody including Justice Roberts — who seems to be such a fan of Obamacare — gets it too," the Kentucky senator told the Daily Caller.

Roberts cast the deciding vote in June 2012 that allowed nearly all of Obamacare to stand. The four other Supreme Court justices normally considered conservative all voted against.

Now Paul wants to outlaw all exemptions, including for members of Congress, making sure taxpayers and lawmakers are treated equally under the Affordable Care Act. His planned constitutional amendment would ensure that federal employees do not get special exemptions from the law of the land.

"Right now, Justice Roberts is still continuing to have federal employee health insurance subsidized by the taxpayer. And if he likes Obamacare so much, I’m going to give him an amendment that gives Obamacare to Justice Roberts," Paul told the Daily Caller.

Members of Congress and their staffs received in August a perk most taxpayers won't get: a 75 percent subsidy for their cost of their own health insurance pans. Paul said he is on board with a plan floated by Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana to do away with that subsidy as well.

Paul and a growing chorus of conservative lawmakers have expressed outrage over an "Obamacare fix" that gives special privilege to government, even as most uninsured taxpayers will have to use the Affordable Care's healthcare exchanges.

Paul's fight marks a capstone to a long political battle over the law, and comes after the House voted Friday to defund Obamacare and as Senate Republicans take up the fight this week amid concerns that the law is unaffordable, unwieldy, and has been decidedly weakened from its original intent, Politico reported.

Already one of the GOP's chief Obamacare opponents in the Senate is facing deep opposition within his own party.

John Roberts

John G. Roberts Jr. is the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, an honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA), and the chancellor for the Smithsonian Institution.

Note: Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is the president emeritus of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was the president of the Economic Club of Washington, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

David M. Rubenstein is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, the president of the Economic Club of Washington, and was a benefactor for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Committee for Economic Development, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Shirley Ann Jackson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, and the vice president of the United States for the Barack Obama administration.

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Sonia Sotomayor was a member of the Belizean Grove, and is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Belizean_Grove is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.

Henry A. Kissinger is a member of the Bohemian Club, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).