'Not What the People Want'

" Well the battle lines are being drawn in the US senate after the house narrowly passed its version of health care overhaul. Majority leader Harry Reid says he wants a senate vote before Thanksgiving. The Democrats hold the sixty seats needed to bring it to the floor but some moderate Democrats say they will vote against any bill. If it includes government run health insurance. I was senator Charles Grassley is the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. A senator Grassley I know -- on the Senate side not on the on the house side but what do you think of what the house has passed."

" All I'm very very concerned about the direction is going to take health care in America I think it's one giant step towards. Complete government take over health care and if I were at the grass roots of America. Where most of the people are you on and I heard the word health care -- And I saw the house passed that bill by a narrow margin. I would think it's going to do a lot of things about keeping cost down but when you get into that -- you find out that it's going to have. Taxes -- up. It's going to have big Medicare cuts in that it's going to have -- premiums going up. All contrary to what I think Americans expect. When they hear the words health care reform. And it does nothing. For those things and worse yet you know they say it cost. Trillion dollars or a little bit under. And quite frankly you know the only way they get the Congressional Budget Office to score that way as they have for years of tax increases. And premium increases and then six years of programs for the -- years that the CBO looks ahead. But if you take the year's 33 to twenty point three that king your Wendell you find out that this is. Many times over a trillion dollars. Being spent on health care so it's not what the people. One when they hear congress working on health care reform."

" I know that your finance committee worked on this thing for months ultimately you didn't vote for what came out of that committee but it included healthcare co -- instead of the public option government run health insurance do you think that. That the public option has any chance of passage in the US senate."

" Not as long users at least a half a dozen Democrats that don't want it there might even be more than map. But I think -- north thing that's really underneath here that you don't. Think about much Forney used the words health care reform has. The elections. That took place last week in Virginia and New Jersey I think they're making some impact. Then I think another thing that makes impact is that you've got this trillion dollars. Being spent on top of a stimulus package is not working and 10% unemployment. And I think the people this country are really questioned whether congressman using good judgment going along with a whole new bill like this when they think we ought to be making. Planes. Eight increased jobs and turn around this economy. We pointed out earlier those that they."

" Is as far as any major health care reform legislation has ever gotten. In the halls of congress do you think it's inevitable at this point that some kind of no major changes about to come out of what the house is done."

" Well I don't think you can fix what's come out the house and I don't think we're going to be able to affix. What. Senator Reid is put together between house are the senate finance bill in the Senate health committee bill. I think it's there's a real opportunity to get reform of we back up. Quite a ways and start over there's several good pieces in this bill that are not controversial. That could be taken out. And then if you would doubt match -- that a lot of things that ought to be in a bail was not in the bill like medical malpractice reform. And am more competition for insurance companies by allowing the selling across state lines like we do. Car insurance. And we doorway with the individual mandate where for the first time in. 200 point five year history of our country the federal government saying you've got to buys something in this case you gotta buy health insurance that you don't quiet. -- families or pay 1500 dollars. To the IRS -- more money. You and all these things -- watch. Really needs be taken out of a bell reporting and you'll bail in order may get a good bill that would try to give broad bipartisan support. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley Republican thank you."