Earlier today, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)–the powerful ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee–lashed out against a public health insurance option, and government involvement in health care generally.
Well, thanks to the government’s involvement in health care, Grassley himself saves a pile of money insurance costs himself. In a letter to the Des Moines Register earlier this month, Grassley wrote, “I pay $356 a month for Blue Cross insurance coverage, a plan that is available to federal employees.”
That, of course, is significantly cheaper than the average monthly cost of insurance for American families–and that’s notwithstanding Grassley’s age, which makes him a significantly riskier insuree than the average citizen. But Grassley opposes a public insurance option, which supporters say would lower the cost of insurance for all consumers.
