6:34 PM Eastern - Thursday, July 2, 2009

Call Senator Grassley For Health Care Reform Today

Call Senator Grassley and tell him we need to reform our health care system:
  • Washington Office: (202) 224-3744
  • Cedar Rapids Office: (319) 363-6832
  • Council Bluffs Office: (712) 322-7103
  • Davenport Office: (563) 322-4331
  • Des Moines Office: (515) 288-1145
  • Sioux City Office: (712) 233-1860
  • Waterloo Office: (319) 232-6657
This week Senator Grassley and the Senate Finance Committee plan to complete legislation that will retool our health care system. We are very concerned that this legislation will leave out key principles of reform like creating a public health insurance option, setting employer responsibility standards and supplying subsidies for low income families who cannot afford health insurance on their own. Senator Grassley urgently needs to hear your voice on this issue. He grossly underestimates how health care costs are burdening real Iowans. Just last week, a man in Waukon, Iowa shared his family's personal struggle with skyrocketing insurance costs. Senator Grassley's response to this man was to, "go work for the federal government," if he wanted affordable insurance like the Senator enjoys as a member of Congress. See the Video Here: Call the Senator today and express your support for these three key principles of reform: affordability, employer responsibility, or public health insurance option. Feel free to use suggested talking points below.
  • Affordability: Struggling families should not fall through the cracks especially when they're often the ones who need coverage the most. Americans at or just slightly above the poverty line need greater access to public insurance plans, and for those who don't qualify, more subsidized help should be made available.
  • Employer Responsibility: I believe that individuals, government and businesses should all share in the responsibility of financing health insurance. Please consider holding large employers accountable if they refuse to offer health benefits to their workers.
  • Public Option: An Iowa poll shows that 56% of us support a public health insurance option. I'm one of them. Why aren't you listening to Iowans on this issue? We're counting on you to bring home this compromise.
Call Senator Grassley at one of his offices today:
  • Washington Office: (202) 224-3744
  • Cedar Rapids Office: (319) 363-6832
  • Council Bluffs Office: (712) 322-7103
  • Davenport Office: (563) 322-4331
  • Des Moines Office: (515) 288-1145
  • Sioux City Office: (712) 233-1860
  • Waterloo Office: (319) 232-6657

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