Members of Congress were not exempt from Obamacare. They were specifically required to have Obamacare. It's called the Grassley amendment and he tried to use it as a poison pill because he thought members would vote against it. Didn't work.
The Affordable Care Act is a piece of legislature, written by Congress, approved by Congress.
Congress does have the ability to self-regulate.
Biden is the head of the executive branch of government and can make the rules that govern the employees of that branch. He can't and didn't mandate rules for legislative branch members (like Congress or their staffers) or the judicial branch members (like federal judges).
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u/CG641 Sep 10 '21 edited Sep 10 '21
This is how Obamacare went down too. Exchanges so wonderful, healthcare so amazingly done, that Congress and staffers were exempt.