GOP’s Nestande: State Legislators Should All Have To Be Enrolled In Obamacare
Republican Assemblyman Brian Nestande has announced that he is introducing legislation when the State Assembly reconvenes in January that will mandate that if the 120 members of the California legislature want to continue to enjoy taxpayer funded healthcare insurance that they all must enroll in the plans offered under the Obamacare health insurance exchange. This is a great bill and at a minimum I would hope that it would have 36 co-sponsors out the chute — Nestande’s Republican colleagues.
I have yet to hear one Democrat in the California legislature call for a repeal of Obamacare — and to play off the colloquial expression, what’s good for the gander ought to be good for the goose.
In announcing his intention to author this legislation, Nestande said, ““As legislators, we are responsible for implementing the guidelines under the Affordable Care Act. If the laws that we pass are good enough for our citizens and businesses, they should be good enough for us as elected officials. If we truly want to understand how the ACA is working and being… Read More