Francis and others have shown that FEHBP provides superior customer satisfaction, a better benefit package, and greater cost control than Medicare does.
Putting all federal employees on the exchanges would obliterate the most market-oriented insurance program run by the government, the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, or FEHBP.
According to John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman of Politico, however, Congress is seeking to wipe out these provisions and put members and staffers back onto FEHBP.