atilter: Congressional healthcare plan IS Obamacare, purchased through the exchange n Washington, D.C. They had the same health coverage as other Federal employees until Republicans thought they would play a trick by saying to Democrats, "If Obamacare is so great, why don't you switch to it?" Democrats called their bluff and switched Congress to Obamacare.

see: http://www.snopes.com/members-congress-health-care/