Health care for Congress

Brut America

Did you know Congress gets cheap, government-funded health care?

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00:00It's one of the, quote, benefits of being a member of Congress.

00:21We have a very small pharmacy. They have physicians and nurses that will see you on the spot.

00:26It's a great asset. Somebody passes out on a tour, it's our attending physicians that are there right then.

00:37They also have physical therapy available, which I took advantage of when I had my knee surgery.

00:45Cardiologist, pulmonologist, dermatologist, gastroenterologist, rheumatologist.

00:57It's a great asset.

01:18Fortunately the health problem I had worked out fine, and had a significant health problem.

01:26At the end of this debate, they're all going to go back to their government-sponsored health care that we receive as employees of the federal government.

01:34Why can't we do, for the American people, what we do for ourselves?

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