More on Dems' mistake of excluding selves from insurance

HOOHOOHOO! It seems they goofed up and excluded themselves from the health insurance.

Most crucially, unlike other sections of Obamacare triggered in 2014 or later, the Grassley-lite amendment doesn't contain an effective date, a "drafting error" which by well-established precedent of statutory interpretation means that it goes into effect with the president's signature. Thus, members of Congress and their staffs are dumped into the insurance exchanges four years before the exchanges are even established!

Nor does the provision provide for an administrative body with the authority to interpret the provision or guide the transition from the FEHBP coverage to the new system. I have no doubt that Congress will act quickly (and quietly) to fix this goof, but for the time being this leaves Capitol Hill with the same uncertainty and confusion about this bill as the rest of America.