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COSTA RICA
Limbaugh: I’m Moving to Costa
Rica If . . .
The nation’s leading radio host Rush
Limbaugh said Tuesday that he would leave
the United States for medical care if
President Barack Obama’s healthcare plan is
passed and implemented – a comment that was
erroneously reported as meaning he’d
permanently move to Costa Rica.
Liberals who don’t like the conservative
Limbaugh’s vociferous criticism of President
Obama’s policies seized on the comment to
tout Costa Rica’s socialized medical system,
Limbaugh responded on this own Web site that
they had misunderstood him once again.
"So a guy calls up and says, ‘If all this
happens, what are you going to do?’"
Limbaugh wrote on his Web site.
“And I said, ‘Well, if doctors are not
permitted to opt out of the government
insurance pool and so forth, Medicare,
Medicaid, whatever it is, and if they're not
allowed to establish a private practice with
private sector patients paying their own
way, then I'll go to Costa Rica.’"
“Well, that has been turned into I'm going
to leave the country for Costa Rica and move
there if Obamacare passes,” Rush continued.
“I've had all kinds of reporters: ‘Are you
serious? Do you really mean this?’ So I've
had to patiently explain today to people who
do not bother to stay informed on this stuff
what the genesis and the primary context of
my comment was.
Limbaugh explained that many insurance
companies are making contingency plans to
move to Costa Rica if Obamacare passes.
Costa Rica is increasingly becoming a
destination spot for many Baby Boomer
retirees.
“I said, ‘Look, there are insurance
companies who don't want to be put out of
business.’ We've talked to them on the
program. I've talked to them privately. They
are establishing healthcare clinics with
quality doctors in places like Costa Rica.
They're going to continue to sell policies
to people who have the ability to fly down
there and get treatment.
“If I have to get thrown into this massive
government health care insurance business
and end up going to the driver's license
office every day when I need to go to the
doctor, yeah, I'll go to Costa Rica for
treatment, not move there.
“So they're just in a tizzy out there,
between Costa Rica and Eric Massa. So --
(laughing) -- it's going to be a fun day.
Heck, it already is a fun day."
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