To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate

Congress: Abolish the Office of the Attending Physician of the United States Congress

Since Congress is unwilling to consider Single Payer Health Care for the rest of the country, we call on you to abolish your own taxpayer funded Single Payer Health Care, namely the Office of the Attending Physician of the United States Congress.

Why is this important?

In 1928, Congress instituted socialized medicine, but only for itself, when, by congressional resolution, the Office of the Attending Physician of the United States Congress was created, whereby members receive medical services which they do not individually pay for, other than a flat annual fee (which has not increased since 1992). Since Congress is absolutely unwilling to even consider discussing single payer health care for the rest of the country, they should live by their own philosophy and abolish the Office of the Attending Physician of The United States Congress.

This video really spells out the inequity of the system:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=8709410

Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attending_Physician_of_the_United_States_Congress

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