– Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill said when she signs up on the federal health care exchange later this month, she will not accept her employer contribution as a federal employee to do so.

Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, McCaskill said she will join the federal health insurance exchange later this month. As a member of congress, she is required to sign up. She is also entitled to an employer contribution from the federal government, her employer, but said she will reject the subsidy.

“I’m going to be signing up in the next week or so. We’re going to report to the public on that process,” she said. “I’m not going to take any subsidy.”

McCaskill said she would add her two daughters to her plan, because the federal health care law allows individuals to remain on their parents’ plan until age 26. And while she said she will not accept the federal subsidy, she said her staff will still be allowed to accept their employer contributions.

McCaskill’s announcement came amid discussion about still low enrollment numbers in the federal exchange in states like Missouri which chose not to establish their own state-level exchanges. McCaskill said the Missouri legislature is to blame and questioned their ideological consistency.

“Can you imagine a state that is dominated by the Republicans in the legislature that wants to talk about states rights, but they’re forcing Missourians to go to a federal exchange,” McCaskill asked. “The political point has trumped the services Missourians need… It is unfortunate and shortsighted, and I think ultimately bad politics.”

Amber Marchand, a spokeswoman for Republican Sen. Roy Blunt, said Blunt would be contributing his employer contribution to charity.

“Senator Blunt voted against ObamaCare, he’s fighting to repeal it, but until we’re able to replace this train wreck, he’s going to abide by the law while giving an equivalent amount of the employer subsidy to charity,” she said.