Now here is some old historical symbology;
Republican members of Congress "symbolically" threw their staff under the bus for political purposes.
Senator Grassley(R) made a special case ame3nsdment to the ACA for Members of Congress and their staff forcing them onto the health care exchanges rather than keeping them on their previous employer supplied insurance.
There was some confusion about whether or not staff would keep their employer contribution to the health care costs. Senators and Congressmen would keep their benefit of full coverage at government cost in any case.
Senator Vitter(R) proposed an amendment that would remove all employer contributions to their staffs health care costs.
This was know as the "Obama Exemption for members of Congress, note how it was created and proposed by Republicans, Just another case of Republicans creating something and blaming Obama for it while lying about what it does. We can all remember this false shit storm in a can created by Republicans
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1142 ... e-wont-die
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/p ... orce-hudak