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GRASSLEY: In countries that have government-run health care, just to give you an example, I’ve been told that the brain tumor that Sen. Kennedy has — because he’s 77 years old — would not be treated the way it’s treated in the United States. In other words, he would not get the care he gets here because of his age. In other words, they’d say ‘well he doesn’t have long to live even if he lived another four to five years.’ They’d say ‘well, we gotta spend money on people who can contribute more to economy.’ It’s a little like people saying when somebody gets to be 85 their life is worth less than when they were 35 and you pull the tubes on them.
Update: And yes, as many commenters have pointed out, Sen. Kennedy--AND Sen. Grassley--are in government-run health care. They are covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefit plan, with the government--us as taxpayers--paying a large percentage of the coverage cost. And, since we pay their salaries, we pay their premiums, too.
I guess Repulican Sen. Grassley thinks that everyone is as stupid as the idiots repeating the right wing rhetoric are.