ObamaCare for Thee: government workers want out.

• Author: Suderman, Peter
• Position: Citings - IRS employees opting not to use the health insurance exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Brief article

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is supposed to enforce many provisions in ObamaCare, including revenue-raising taxes and fees, the mandate that individuals carry heath insurance or pay a fine, and the disbursement of subsidies for insurance purchased through the exchanges.

But IRS employees don't want to buy insurance through those exchanges themselves. Over the summer, the National Treasury Employees Union, a labor group that represents IRS workers, set up a form letter for union members to send to their congressional representatives urging lawmakers not to pass legislation that could shift tax workers out of their current federal benefits and into the exchanges.

In July acting IRS chief Danny Werfel defended the petition in an appearance before Congress, saying, "I would prefer to stay with the current policy that I'm pleased with rather than go through a change if I don't...