Congress should play by its own rules

[rjd970]

Joevol posted something along these lines but I thought it would be good to bump the topic up again....

CNSNews.com - Congressmen Who Vote for Government-Run Health Care Agency Should Be Its First Customers, Legislation Says

Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) introduced a bill Monday that urges members of Congress who vote to create a government-run health insurance agency to give up their own comprehensive health insurance plans to join the new the public option they advocate for others.

This really needs to be more of a story. I would love to hear the democrats pushing this healthcare reform explain why they won't vote for this. It should include the executive branch's healthcare as well. If Obama is going to champion this, he should lead by example.

This is particularly good....

“I think there is a very deep sense in the electorate, which I think is accurate, that Congress tends to exempt itself from the very policies that it creates,” said Fleming. “You have to believe that if Congress exempts itself or has an option that doesn’t force members into the same kind of plans [the public is required to have], then it’s, again, ‘What’s good for the goose is not necessarily what’s good for the gander’.”

Read the whole article, this guy has some pretty good suggestions toward the end, and makes some of the most sense I have heard on the subject.