National Treasury Employees Union, which represents over 150,000 agency and department employees, including the IRS workers hasn't "asked to be exempted" from the law. NTEU opposes H.R. 1780, a bill from Rep. Dave Camp, which would move federal employees —including the president, vice president, members of Congress and other employees as defined by Title 5, Section 2105 of the U.S. Code —out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and into health plans or insurance exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act.
The union doesn't have a problem with the health care law. In fact, it opposes Camp's legislation on the grounds that the bill goes against the intent of the law.
The union drafted a sample letter for its members to send to their representatives in Congress, asking them to oppose the legislation. It says the law's goal was "not to take coverage away from employees who already receive it through their employers."
NETU sample letter: H.R. 1780 would put federal employees in a special class where they would be prohibited from receiving health insurance through their employer. It would treat federal employees differently from state and local government employees and most employees of large private sector companies who receive health insurance benefits through their employer. The primary purpose of the Affordable Care Act was to provide a marketplace for the sale and purchase of health insurance for those who do not have such coverage —not to take coverage away from employees who already receive it through their employers.