I am going to say something that I don't believe I've said in this blog: F*&k You Limbaugh!!!!
Because his rich ass got the best possible care money could buy in that "foreign country" (according to so many on the right) of Hawai'i, and because he came through just fine, he really thinks that all is cool with the American health care system? There has never been a single thing wrong with the system for people in his tax bracket. Limbaugh could have been almost anywhere on the planet and received quality care with the kind of money he makes.
How dare this fool try to pass himself, and his experience, off as an ordinary. How about he try to do what he did without health insurance, while living off of the average salary in any of the counties that make up Appalachia. Or what of the people who make just a bit too much to qualify for Medicaid? To suggest that the total health care experience for him and the average person in this country is equal is bullshit.
Money and access make all of the difference. Either you get the type of care Limbaugh received, and then find that your insurance company will not pay for various aspect of that care, leaving you with a fat ass health care bill. Or you get the type of care Limbaugh received, and if you don't have health insurance, or a sufficient income, you get the whole fat ass health care bill. Both scenarios for too many Americans can lead to bankruptcy, and does not prevent the prospect of experiencing the same circumstances in the future.
I am one of those people, entrepreneurial, working for myself. I cannot afford health insurance right now. Should I find myself in a situation similar to Limbaugh's, I will drown in Shit's Creek (forget the damn paddle). Too many people, who are nowhere near Limbaugh's tax bracket, will hear his bullshit line, take it to heart, and spew it back in discussions on this issue. Meanwhile, some of them are most likely experiencing some faith shaking health insurance nightmares, clinging to the bizarre notion that they showed those "libruls" a thing or two.
Cut. Nose. Spite. Face.
4 comments:
I had exactly the same reaction to Rush's "best healthcare in the world" comment.
He probably doesn't understand why anybody would be homeless in America either. I mean, there are a lot of nice houses here, right?
Maybe he and Barbara Bush should move to the Super Dome in New Orleans!
He can rave about great healthcare, and she can crow about what a step up such surroundings have been for so many.
As for the rest of us, we can eat cake.
I'm just sayin'...
WSN, why are you giving online credence to--much less directing passion and reason at--the rantings of such a fool? It's not just that WSN is stooping to whack at the lowest-hanging piece of fruit on the tree. Are you NOT aware that simply acknowledging something that foolish inherently gives it not only some substance but even some dignity?
@Anon #2: Honestly, I felt that it just needed to be said. I've avoided many of the Limbaugh-isms that have spewed forth. But this one cut too close to home. And I just wanted some form of opposition to it out in the blogosphere.
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