S.Amdt. 3087

SA 3087. Mr. CORKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr.
Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal
employees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. REQUIRING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO ACCEPT THE SAME
CHOICES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AS THOSE
GIVEN TO AMERICAN CITIZENS WITH INCOME AT OR
BELOW 133 PERCENT OF THE POVERTY LINE.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Congress has stated that health care reform legislation
should ensure all Americans have choices of affordable,
quality health insurance coverage.
(2) Americans have overwhelmingly voiced their desire to
receive the same types of choices for health insurance
coverage that Members of Congress receive.
(3) This Act and the amendments made by this Act are
estimated to place nearly half of the newly insured in a
government program without the choices of private coverage
that individuals with income above 133 percent of the poverty
line receive.
(4) This Act provides legal immigrants with income at or
below 133 percent of the poverty line with a choice of
private coverage while American citizens with income at or
below 133 percent of the poverty line have no choice of
private coverage.
(b) Members of Congress Required to Have Coverage Under
Medicaid.--
(1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management shall, in consultation with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, ensure that, on and after January
1, 2014, notwithstanding chapter 89 of title 5, United States
Code, title XIX of the Social Security Act, or any provision
of this Act--
(A) each Member of Congress shall be eligible for medical
assistance under the Medicaid plan of the State in which the
Member resides; and
(B) any employer contribution under chapter 89 of title 5
of such Code on behalf of the

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Member may be paid only to the State agency responsible for
administering the Medicaid plan in which the Member enrolls
and not to the offeror of a plan offered through the Federal
employees health benefit program under such chapter.
(2) Payments by federal government.--The Secretary of
Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Director
of the Office of Personnel Management, shall establish
procedures under which the employer contributions that would
otherwise be made on behalf of a Member of Congress if the
Member were enrolled in a plan offered through the Federal
employees health benefit program may be made directly to the
State agencies described in paragraph (1)(B).
(3) Ineligible for fehbp.--Effective January 1, 2014, no
Member of Congress shall be eligible to obtain health
insurance coverage under the program chapter 89 of title 5,
United States Code.
(4) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Member of
Congress'' means any member of the House of Representatives
or the Senate.
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