August 28, 2009
Q: What type of health insurance do members of Congress receive? Is it a single-payer, government-run system?
A: Members of Congress are covered by private insurance under the same system that covers all federal workers.
A: Obama wasn't asked that question, as wrongly claimed in a chain e-mail. And he responded at length to the question he was actually asked.
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