The bill — which the House passed in September — would expand the number of congressional employees and executive branch officials who won’t be eligible anymore for the Federal Employees Health Benefits program under the reform law starting in 2014. It would also get rid of the government’s employer contribution for that group of 18,000 federal employees, which would include all congressional office and committee staffs, the president, the vice president and certain political appointees.
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