Hey, Rush? That country you're telling us that you want to "flee to" ALREADY has socialized medicine

[ck4829]

Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh said this week he’d go to Costa Rica for medical treatment if Congress passes proposed reforms to the US healthcare system.

That might sound like an unusual choice, since this is a country with one of the longest standing socialized healthcare systems on the planet. Everyone here (including resident foreigner), are required to pay into the government-run health system, whether they use it or not.

But Limbaugh’s choice may also serve to advertise what many Americans traveling here for medical treatment already know: Costa Rica is a fabulous place for medical tourism.

Life expectancy in this little Central American country surpasses that of the United States and at one point, back in the early 2000s when the World Health Organization rated countries’ general health, Costa Rica ranked higher (No. 36) than its northern neighbor (No. 37), despite spending 87 percent less on health care per capita.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/286856

[NJmaverick]

1. K & R

[luckyleftyme2]

2. ITSTILL DOES

Rush is just this;a bag of wind that matches the hard core right fanatic profile to a tee!
right or wrong I'm right and laws are for the guy with the small wallet!
fact =Rush was hooked on prescription drugs and running programs against
the use of drugs illegally!(pure hypocrite)
fact= he constantly is against anything liberals do like spending and taxing(fact the right has a history of over spending(Reagan was a master at this and borrowing to pay for it)
fact=always stirring the pot for the republican party and using polls to find his agenda(the majority of his topics are current news and he always sides with the republicans right or wrong-lets chip in and ship this mouthy idiot to Costa Rica-his lying mouth has increased my expenses 10 fold so exporting him will give the sticky hands one less alley way to our tax money!

[leeroysphitz]

3. Bag of what?

[thecrow]

4. Ohhhh don't do that to Costa Rica!

Even if he chose it because it sounds so third-worldy.