Or to put it another way: Obama administration forcing taxpayers to buy Congress members and their staff the most expensive Obamacare plans even if they don’t want it.

Via The Hill:

Regulations issued by the Obama administration this week will require members of Congress to buy one of the top-tier insurance plans from the ObamaCare exchanges.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent guidance to members of Congress this week that says they must choose plans from the “gold” level of insurance coverage, not “bronze” or “silver” plans. “Platinum” is the only higher level of coverage under the exchanges.
“For plan year 2014, Members of Congress and designated congressional staff will choose from 112 options in the Gold Metal tier on the DC SHOP,” OPM said in a fact sheet that was emailed to Congress.

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) called attention to this requirement in a House floor speech Thursday, in which he said the policy shows more favoritism toward members of Congress and their staff.

“We all… have to go and get the gold policy. Not the bronze, not the silver, the gold policy from the exchange. That’s the only one we can get,” he said.

“You see, bronze and silver’s only good enough for everyone else in the country. For members of Congress and members of the Senate and their staff, it’s gold or nothing.”