The appropriations process is where the annual federal raise typically is determined. President Obama earlier recommended a 2 percent increase but 2.9 percent for the military, but both the House and Senate have endorsed continued parity between the two increases. The budget process also will be tied in with proposals to expand health insurance coverage nationally, with the administration saying it favors creating a "national health insurance exchange" with private plans and a government-run plan modeled on the FEHB. The potential impact on the FEHB is unknown. Administration officials have said they do not intend to open the program’s doors to other participants, but employee organizations are keeping a wary eye, remembering that in the health insurance reform effort of the early 1990s, proposals were made to put FEHB enrollees in a national plan.