Chuck Grassley: If You Want Good Health Insurance, Work For The Government (VIDEO)

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has a brilliant plan for fixing the health care system: If you want quality coverage, "go work for the Federal government."

At least, that was the answer that Grassley offered up at a town hall meeting in Waukon, Iowa on Tuesday after a constituent asked the senator why he is unable to find good, affordable health insurance like the kind senators get.

Despite the fact that Grassley himself enjoys the benefits of the federal government's excellent public insurance policy, the senator has been avocal opponent of including a public option in any health care plan.

Grassley's stance, incidentally, flies in the face of the opinions of his own Iowa constituents, a majority of whom say they would like to see a public health insurance option.

After sharing his family's personal struggle with the burden of high health care costs, an audience member asked, "My question is... why is your insurance so much cheaper than my insurance and so better than my insurance?"

The question made Grassley cranky.

He responded, first, by suggesting the questioner "go work for John Deere," since they "don't pay anything" for their insurance plan.

When the questioner refused to let the senator wriggle out of answering the question, Grassley revealed how little he knew about his own insurance plan.

Another audience member had to help the senator out by describing the details of the plan. After she finished, the original questioner again asked, "Okay, so how come I can't have the same thing you have?"

Grassley's response: "You can. Just go work for the Federal government."

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Comments

[Larkinvos]

The irony here is that the bosses (the voters)
have worse health care than their employees (Congress).

[judesuper]

Agreed.

[windup]

Well, we're not really bosses are we. We don't REALLY get to pick who represents us, do we. That is just an illusion. We get to pick one of two people who represent the monied interests. We are just the dupes. The dupes who pay for their health care while we go without.

[take10]

The party of "NO," as in, no ideas, no bid contracts, no solution to our financial woes, no plans for social change, no opportunity for diversity, no sense of fairness, no way in hell they survive the 8 years of *years of Bush! No to everything that won't allow them to repeat the 8 years of Bush/Cheney! No F'n way!

[totaldisbelief]

He's part of the problem...­time for him to go. the condescending Brick.

[tailgateshirts]

What a stupid response from the guy that refuses to allow normal people into his plan

[Jackcravell]

Must have been another day when ol' Chuckles didn't have his fiber...he gets so darned cranky when he's all bound up

[Birdman]

Well as I have said about the GOP and thier stance on health care before, is I have mine, to He77 with the rest of you . This here proves it perfectly

[scbrcr]

I have never voted for the Knucklehead. But now I think other people will see just what Chuck thinks about his constituents.

[moxieme]

The gall of some of these people! He truly believes he will waltz back in to office at re-election time. There is something that we, the voters, are not doing. For these people, GOP and DEMs, crap all over us all the while confident of their re-election, speaks volumes about our cynicism and apathy. That is what they rely on; that, in the end, we will surrender to the status quo,. Grassley is not the only elected official to respond to constituents with such arrogance and disregard. You Iowans should throw him out of office.

[dolphy]

But I thought the government doesn't create jobs per the RNC, so which one is correct.

[notaCINO]

Hmmm, GrA$$ley is basically saying 'Let them eat cake', What wa it that happened to the last person to say that about the common man?

[windup]

Physician's testimony shows that many more people die from lack of health care than have died in this country from terrorist attacks.

http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/july/dr_sidney_wolfes_t.php

[windup]

This man doesn't know what his plan is, so it obviously must not be a financial worry on him. And he has NO IDEA what the rest of us have to pay. Nor does he care. Vote these out-of-touch people out. And take away their insurance!

[ljc]

send an e-mail to the WH with a link to this story.

[timetorevolt]

to HuffPost :

Please provide us with the Insurance coverage that all congressional members and their family receive. Also, the amount it cost tax payers.

[babyboomerorig]

I'm thinking that the cost to us doesn't really matter....­it's the fact that WE pay for their insurance and WE can't get insurance.

Grassley's a dolt.

[johnsonc20]

Wouldn't it be wonderful if all the opponents of the public option renounced their family health benefits and turned to the market to look for coverage? It would be an eye-opener.

[unite4change]

I think it's time for the good people of Iowa to send Senator Grassley home. Not only is he arrogant, it's clear he no longer works for his constituents.