Representative Gardner is inappropriate in attempting to defame Secretary Sebilius.

The exchanges are open to people needing coverage, not all people with existing health care meet the law. A person(s) can't go out and purchase many insurance policies through the exchanges in order to have their care paid without reasonable deductibles and co-pays. Such a practice would effect the cost to others in the exchange. 

It is discriminatory to ask a person in the government to give up their healthcare for political dogma. They no different than any other employee in the government are entitled to benefit packages offered in order to keep them working for the government. If such a demand was made by the federal government, it would be overturned in court.

No Congressional District should receive a general waiver to The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Representative Gardner is too hostile to be a valid authority in office. He should be seeking to make the transition easier rather than fighting the outcome.

The map are the districts of Colorado. (click here) The 4th District in the lower right corner of this map.The map to lower right is the income distribution of Colorado. Again, the 4th District is in the lower right corner. Nearly every measure of the 4th District of Colorado has incomes of $60,000 or above. There is absolutely no reason for belly aching to Congress except to cause an opportunity for political grandstanding. 

Mr. Gardner's constituents will have no problem affording the health care insurance they want. On rare occasion would I expect his district to need the subsidized Medicaid.

By Michael Booth
The Denver Post

Posted:   10/22/2013 05:23:18 PM MDT

Updated:   10/23/2013 10:58:44 AM MDT

...The Denver Post reported (click here) Tuesday that in addition to numerous consumer complaints about being frozen out of signups, other states are enrolling people faster. Maryland, Washington and Oregon, all of similar size to Colorado, have thousands more enrollees by now. Other states may be reporting new Medicaid enrollees under that expanded program, while Colorado's exchange does not....

Secretary Sebelius is being harassed by desperate Republicans. It is outrageous for Republicans to pass PUNITIVE laws and then ask others to be a part of it. The punitive laws requiring Congressional staff to be in the exchanges will be defeated in court. It is completely hideous for a government employee to be asked to throw out their benefit package. It is part of what is an incentive to be in the employment of the government.

A single male of 32 may not need maternity coverage for a woman not his wife, but, pregnant; but he is part of a health exchange and NOT a designer insurance policy. The complaints are getting to be more and more bizarre with uneducated Congresspersons unable to discern the  best interests of their constituents.

The "Live Chat" at Healthcare.gov is operating just fine!