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Democratic Rep. Ron Barber joined the list of patriotic lawmakers who want you to know they're living with Obamacare just like you on Monday, when he announced his plans to donate the thousands of dollars he receives from his employer (the government) to subsidize his health insurance to a local charity.

In other words, Rep. Barber joins a long list of politicians who have forgotten that lawmakers exempted themselves from that part of the health care law when they wrote it.

Barber, who sponsored a bill to end the government's contribution to lawmakers' health care plans, will donate the government's contribution to his insurance to charity for the rest of this year. “Members of Congress must play by the same rules as other Americans,” Barber said, according to The Hill. “So I have pledged to donate the full amount of the Affordable Care Act government subsidy to southern Arizona charities each month during 2014.”

The thing is the estimated 150 million Americans who receive employer-sponsored health insurance aren't eligible for Obamacare. But, as Politifact explained, Obamacare passed with amendment from Sen. Chuck Grassley that required Congress to apply for insurance through the exchanges. The amendment didn't, however, say whether the government's contribution to those plans would follow. Last August the U.S. Office of Personnel Management decided that Congress could receive their employer contribution.