Rush "Oxycontin" Limbaugh inadvertently makes the case for health care reform
Patriot Games
‘Just Dandy’
Earlier this week, Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a hospital in Hawaii
after he complained of chest pains and had reportedly been taken from
his hotel “in serious condition.” Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu
released Limbaugh yesterday and during a press conference, the
conservative radio host said his physicians did not know what caused his
symptoms. “I wish I knew what it was,” he said. Limbaugh also denied
that he is again taking painkillers and praised the U.S. health care
system based on his experience:
Asked if he was taking painkillers, he flatly said “No,” and added
that he was taking Prednisone, a type of steroid used to treat
inflammatory diseases. [...]
“The treatment I received here was the best that the world has to
offer,” Limbaugh said. “Based on what happened here to me, I don’t think
there’s one thing wrong with the American health care system. It is
working just fine, just dandy.”
Of course Rush would probably think any health system is “just dandy,”
mainly because he is a multi-millionaire and can afford the best health
care wherever he might be. But this is not the case for tens of millions
of Americans who are unable to afford care or insurance due to the
rising costs of health care in the U.S.
But it’s also odd that Limbaugh would cite his experience in Hawaii as
evidence that the U.S. health care system is “fine” seeing that Hawaii
has already passed reform measures similar to those that Congress is
currently considering as part of comprehensive reform — measures that
Limbaugh has constantly been attacking.
The state enacted a measure in the 1970s mandating that employers
provide “relatively generous health care benefits” to full-time
employees (Congress is currently considering a similar provision is part
of reform) and Hawaii now has one of the lowest rates of uninsured in
the nation, and more access has provided space for innovation and
brought down costs:
Hawaii’s health insurance premiums are nearly tied with North Dakota
for the lowest in the country, and Medicare costs per beneficiary are
the nation’s lowest. [...]
With more people given access to care, hospital and insurance
executives in Hawaii say they have been able to innovate efficiencies.
For instance, the state’s top three medical providers are adopting
electronic medical records — years ahead of most mainland counterparts.
The Hawaii Medical Service Association, the state’s largest insurer
and a Blue Cross Blue Shield member, recently offered the nation’s only
statewide system whereby anyone for a nominal fee can talk by phone or
e-mail, day or night, to doctors of their choosing.
Yet just two weeks ago, Limbaugh said those supporting health care
reform are “mentally disturbed” and that “people are going to die” if
reform ultimately passes.
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/02/limbaugh-hawaii-just-dandy/
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- whose side of the family is plagued with cardiovascular problems -
did when he needed a bypass. He lived 10+ years after the bypass.
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Chest Pains Limpballs
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Citing Experience In Hawaii, Limbaugh Says U.S. Health Care System Is
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Limbaugh: 'I Hope Obama Fails'
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/20/limbaugh-obama-fail/
Listen ; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/28917856#28917856
By the Bush/Rove/Cheney standard Limpballs is a goddam traitor who should be
waterboarded in Gitmo.
Then shot. Limpballs is NOT an American, he's a traitor.
Siobhan Medeiros
> Wake up. Rush had no different experience than my MIDDLE-CLASS father
> - whose side of the family is plagued with cardiovascular problems -
> did when he needed a bypass. He lived 10+ years after the bypass.
>
Yeah, lucky he had insurance.
Fact Attack
problem, which will actually give alot of people a real heart attack.
Sid9
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Limbo doesn't need health insurance he's wealthy enough to do without it.
The rich, the elderly, the poor don't need the need the new health care
plan.
We've been taken care of already.
The rest of America needs it
Joe Irvin
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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/02/limbaugh-hawaii-just-dandy/
"� Before expanding government programs to create �universal� health
insurance, policymakers should consider states' experiences with similar
efforts.
� Hawaii created a universal health insurance program in hopes of reaching
the uninsured population, but found that more than eight in ten of those who
enrolled previously had insurance. Lawmakers decided to terminate this
program just seven months after its launch.
� Government programs to create free or subsidized insurance will encourage
many who currently have private insurance to join the government program.
This is inefficient and will ultimately erode the private insurance system
in the United States."
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?cdb7d646-6f41-42bb-8455-81470524f6f3