Steve Kagen, His Own Best Health Care Without Even Using Insurance.

From the Wisconsin 8th District Congressman.
KAGEN: It's one of the, quote, benefits of being a member of Congress.

Say what? Congressman Kagen tells every one that he has no health insurance. From August 5, 2009. From Kagen's own own web site.

"Why a Doctor in Congress Has No Health Insurance

By: Jill Lawrence
August 5, 2009" Why a Doctor in Congress Has No Health Insurance

Why doesn't he have health insurance?

But on principle, Kagen declined them and all other coverage. His oldest child, a 28-year-old nurse-practitioner in Miami, doesn't have insurance either; she can't afford it. Kagen's wife and three college-age children are covered by a family policy, purchased by his wife, that does not include him. "I am literally naked, without coverage," Kagen said. "That gives me a lot of motivation to solve this problem. If everyone in Congress relinquished coverage, we'd get real progress in weeks."

On principle he declined? Will someone, anyone, please ask Steve Kagen why he is covered for only $503? From Newsbusters and Tim Johnson at ABC.

"Johnson, a well known fan of government-run health care, explained how, for a yearly fee of $503, representatives receive free access to X-rays, EKGs and minor surgeries. Talking to a Democratic Congressman who refuses to use this Office of Attending Physician (OAP), Johnson marveled, "In fact, [Steve] Kagen and his hundreds fellow members of Congress receive some of the best health care in the country, without even using insurance."" ABC’s Tim Johnson Finds Yet Another Way to Lobby for Government Health Care | NewsBusters.org

Why won't Steve Kagen tell us of his coverage?

When asked by Sawyer why very few doctors or officials would talk about the OAP he replied, "I think they are embarrassed. Some of them, at least, by the kind of service they have and their constituents don't have.

Steve Kagen lied to all his voters and someone has to call him on this. Can you believe it in his own words.

ABC GRAPHIC: Special Health Care for Lawmakers? Unknown Office on Capitol Hill

REP. STEVE KAGEN (D-Wisconsin): Health care costs in this country, are impossible for everyone.

TIM JOHNSON: When Wisconsin Congressman Steve Kagan, an advocate for health care reform, needed knee surgery last winter, he paid for it out of his own pocket. That's because Kagan, a medical doctor, turned down the health insurance options offered to members of Congress.

CAMPAIGN AD: And refused coverage for himself.

KAGEN: I said, I tell you what. I respectfully decline. Until you can make that same offer to everyone that I have the honor of representing, I just don't think it's fair.

JOHNSON: But, while his surgery personally cost him thousands of dollars, Kagen says he paid nothing for the extensive rehab he needed. That was provided by the U.S. government. In fact, Kagen and his hundreds fellow members of Congress receive some of the best health care in the country, without even using insurance. And all right in the U.S. Capitol, at a little known and rarely discussed clinic called the Office of Attending Physician.

KAGEN: They have a small pharmacy. They have physicians and nurses that will see you on the spot, at the beck and call. And they have physical therapy available, which I took advantage of when I had my knee surgery.

JOHNSON: And I assume the members of Congress pays for this somewhat?

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

Holy cow,it's worth hearing this again.

"In fact, Kagen and his hundreds fellow members of Congress receive some of the best health care in the country, without even using insurance.