Title: The 28th Amendment: Fact or Fiction? | Snopes – Liberty International Blog
Headings: The 28th Amendment: Fact or Fiction? | Snopes
The 28th Amendment: Fact or Fiction? | Snopes
Q: Does this text represent a proposed 28th Amendment?
Q: Could this amendment be passed without Congress’ voting on it?
Q: Can members of Congress retire with full pay after serving only a single term?
Q: Are members of Congress exempt from paying into Social Security?
Q: Are members of Congress exempt from prosecution for sexual harassment?
Q: Are members of Congress exempt from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (i.e., “Obamacare”) health care legislation?
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Content: Q: Are members of Congress exempt from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (i.e., “Obamacare”) health care legislation? A: No. One of the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed by Congress is a requirement that lawmakers give up the insurance coverage previously provided to them through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and instead purchase health insurance through the online exchanges that the law created: An August 2013 ruling by the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was widely and inaccurately reported as exempting members of Congress from the requirement that they give up their Federal Employees Health Benefits Program coverage and instead purchase health insurance through online exchanges. That reporting was incorrect: Lawmakers are still required to purchase health insurance through government-created exchanges; what the OPM’s ruling actually declared was that members of Congress and their staffs did not have to give up the federal subsidies covering part of the costs of their insurance premiums which they had previously been receiving (and which are afforded to millions of other federal workers). An October 2011 variant of this item is prefaced by a statement made by Warren Buffett: “‘