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Rush Endorses Socialized Medicine (Accidentally)

Limbaugh's pledge on Costa Rica raises eyebrows

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 16, 2010 3:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – Remember when Rush Limbaugh promised to go to Costa Rica if the Democrats’ health care reform bill passes? Well, good move Rush, because Costa Rica’s health coverage is rated as “excellent” by the American Journal of Public Health, and its life expectancy is second only to Canada in the Western hemisphere. There’s just one problem, Bloomberg notes: It’s one of the longest-standing government-run systems in Latin America.

Private health insurance is "virtually non-existent" there, says the Journal. “Perhaps Rush Limbaugh is not aware of the very nature of this system,” said one medical researcher. Limbaugh has since clarified that he wouldn’t move to Costa Rica if reform passed, only go there when he needed health care, using American-run private clinics there. The problem? Those clinics focus almost entirely on dental work and plastic surgery.

In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh speaks during a Miss America news conference at Planet Hollywood Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.
In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh speaks during a Miss America news conference at Planet Hollywood Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.   (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Brian Jones)
Rush Limbaugh speaks during a news conference as Joana Magno, MD chief of the Dept. of Cardiovascular Diseases at The Queen's Medical Center looks on in Honolulu, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
Rush Limbaugh speaks during a news conference as Joana Magno, MD chief of the Dept. of Cardiovascular Diseases at The Queen's Medical Center looks on in Honolulu, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.   (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Rush Limbaugh explains that he wouldn't move to Costa Rica, he'd just use their public health care system.   (ThinkProgress2)

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schmidtkoff
Mar 17, 2010 9:10 PM CDT
what a dweeb.
cyclops
Mar 17, 2010 3:36 PM CDT
If you people didn't have Rush,Beck and Sarling would you even post on newser? What could you write about?
knuckz
Mar 17, 2010 2:46 PM CDT
Hate is blinding and ignorance is bliss!! This hate-monger only cares about dividing people. Bastard needs to go choke on his pills or something.

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