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Senator sues over Congress’ health coverage

By Henry Jackson
Published January 6, 2014 9:40pm ET
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Senator sues over Congress’ health coverage
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., right, accompanied by attorney Rick Esenberg, left, announces that he has filed a lawsuit to block the federal government from helping to pay for health care coverage for members of Congress and their staffs, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Johnson says that members of Congress and their staffs are getting special treatment under the health care law. The lawsuit would would force Congress and its staffers to purchase their insurance from the federal health care exchanges without exemptions carved out by the Office of Personnel Management. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator on Monday sued to stop the government from paying most of the medical insurance premiums for members of Congress and their aides who are now required to obtain coverage through the new health care law’s state exchanges.

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