(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
OK, so Michele Bachmann has migraines.
Lots of people have migraines. Fair enough.
But how many of them have the "choot-spa" to spend years on end bemoaning the evils of "Obamacare," and then produce a clean bill of health from a nearly free, government provided, state-of-the-art, on-site medical clinic?
That's right. The doctor who wrote Bachmann her note is from the Congress's own Office of the Attending Physician, which I told you a little bit about a while back, when Andy Harris (R-MD) was the one whining about matters of personal health.
I'll let Steve Benen fill you in on the basics:
[L]awmakers receive top-notch, wait-free care, and money is largely no object. Members pay a flat annual fee of $503, and it covers all expenses -- without submitting claim forms to their insurer. Despite soaring costs throughout the health care system, prices have been largely stagnant in the Office of the Attending Physician for 17 years.
Some lawmakers didn't pay the fee and still took advantage of OAP services.
And don't miss the ABC News story on the OAP linked to in Benen's piece.