{"id":2704250,"date":"2026-11-13T11:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thats-annoying-incoming-dem-rep-pans-terrible-obamacare-plans-offered-to-members-of-congress\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T11:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:10:15","slug":"thats-annoying-incoming-dem-rep-pans-terrible-obamacare-plans-offered-to-members-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thats-annoying-incoming-dem-rep-pans-terrible-obamacare-plans-offered-to-members-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018That\u2019s Annoying\u2019: Incoming Dem Rep Pans \u2018Terrible\u2019 Obamacare Plans Offered to Members of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthats-annoying-incoming-dem-rep-pans-terrible-obamacare-plans-offered-to-members-of-congress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2704250&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Incoming North Carolina Democrat Jamie Ager, who campaigned for a public health insurance option, said at the What&#8217;s Next summit in Denver that the Obamacare plans available to members of Congress are &#8220;terrible,&#8221; provoking groans. Moderated by Alex Edelman, the panel noted members must enroll in DC Health Link gold plans-typically covering about 80% of costs-with taxpayers subsidizing roughly three\u2011quarters of premiums. Ager has pledged to expand Medicare and Medicaid, add dental and vision to Medicare, and push for a public option.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"\u2018That\u2019s Annoying\u2019: Incoming Dem Rep Pans \u2018Terrible\u2019 Obamacare Plans Offered to Members of Congress\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/uproar-as-george-masons-lifelong-learning-program-offers-class-on-palestinians-resistance-taught-by-victim-of-israels-genocide\" data-post-url id=\"print-2172917\">\n<div>\n<p><h2>North Carolina\u2019s Jamie Ager campaigned on a public health care option<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tJamie Ager (Majority Democrats\/YouTube)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>North Carolina Democrat Jamie Ager, an incoming freshman congressman who campaigned on creating a public health insurance option, called the Obamacare insurance plans offered to members of Congress &#8220;terrible&#8221; during a Thursday evening panel, eliciting groans from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>The panel, titled &#8220;Freshman Orientation&#8221; and moderated by comedian Alex Edelman, was part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsnext2026.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What&#8217;s Next summit<\/a>, a political conference in Denver examining how Democrats swept the midterm elections and how they can expand their majorities in 2028. Edelman asked the group of incoming representatives what perks they would receive as members of Congress. Ager instead offered a complaint.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody at home said you get great health insurance. And then my wife and I went to go sign up for health insurance, and we&#8217;re like, &#8216;This is terrible health insurance.&#8217; So that&#8217;s annoying for members,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I guess it was better in the old days, &#8217;cause it ain&#8217;t good now.&#8221;        <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Different Kind of Democrat Emerges in Denver | What\u2019s Next Livestream (Opening Main Stage Program)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nT40oweKfXM?start=12375&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What Ager did not mention is the fact that, under former president Barack Obama&#8217;s signature Affordable Care Act, members of Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congressionalinstitute.org\/2018\/09\/27\/busting-congressional-myths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">must<\/a> select a health insurance plan offered through DC Health Link, one of the exchanges created by the 2010 law, if they want taxpayers to subsidize <a href=\"https:\/\/pnhp.org\/news\/congress-gets-the-gold-and-the-people-get-silver-bronze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roughly three-quarters<\/a> of their premiums. Members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/frequently-asked-questions\/insure-faq\/health\/from-which-metal-level-on-the-dc-shop-will-members-of-congress-and-designated-congressional-staff-choose-their-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">must choose<\/a> a gold tier plan, which generally covers 80 percent of expected medical expenses, and they have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dchealthlink.com\/employees\/plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more plans within the tier<\/a> made available to them than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dchealthlink.com\/individuals\/plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">average individual<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ager&#8217;s comment is especially eyebrow-raising given that he called <span>for\u00a0expanding <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/agerforcongress.com\/platform\">Medicare and Medicaid<\/a> and creating a public option during his campaign to flip North Carolina&#8217;s 11th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>Ager&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/agerforcongress.com\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaign website<\/a>, meanwhile, says he will support &#8220;robust Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security,&#8221; and wants to add dental and vision coverage under Medicare.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll push for a public option so everyone has access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-black-caucus-endorses-hillary-clintons-pick-for-ohio-special-election\/\" title=\"Congressional Black Caucus Endorses Hillary Clinton\u2019s Pick For Ohio Special Election\">quality affordable health care<\/a>,&#8221; he adds.<\/p>\n<p>The What&#8217;s Next summit will run through Friday and is set to feature some of the Democratic Party&#8217;s rumored 2028 presidential candidates, including former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, Georgia senator Raphael Warnock, and California congressman Ro Khanna. The <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> was <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/free-beacon-denied-press-credentials-to-dems-post-election-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied press credentials<\/a> because of &#8220;space constraints,&#8221; according to Majority Democrats, the host group, though it granted entry to a left-wing journalist who spent several days complaining about her own denial. Majority Democrats announced a livestream of the event two days before it began.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/send-ice-to-harvard\/\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3> \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/send-ice-to-harvard\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tSend ICE to Harvard\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/h3>\n<p> \t\t\t \t\t\tIf university administrators won&#8217;t restore order on campus, dispatch ICE to disperse the foreigners disrupting undergraduate education \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NC&#8217;s Ager backs public option; mocks Congress plans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4472,"featured_media":2704251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-13-093448-e1794580547889-1024x609.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4402,3685,12589],"class_list":["post-2704250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-congress","tag-democrats","tag-obamacare"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-13-093448-e1794580547889-1024x609.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4472"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2704250"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2704254,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704250\/revisions\/2704254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2704251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2704250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2704250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2704250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}