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Rush Limbaugh vows to leave country if health care passes

Posted by amoxy (aka amoxy) Mar 9 '10, 08:09

http://www.strayreality.com/crhealthcare.htm

To Costa Rica...Which has Socialized Medicine (thinkprogress.org)

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Related - is there any data on how many Canadians cross the border to get healthcare in the US and vv? - Roger More Mar 9, 08:18 13
- I recently saw something on this that I'm trying to find, but I seem to recall that the number was in the low five figures per year. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:35 1
  - Yeah, as posted before, I'm rough calculating it as 40Kish. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 08:37
- No numbers, but I know at least three people (non politicos before anyone asks) who have gone to Mayo for treatments out of pocket. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 08:25
- the most recent, public example would be the Newfoundland Premier going down for heart surgery -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:21 9
  - So... one guy? :) What I mean is, on the one hand, you have people saying Canadians are flooding the US healthcare system to get procedures they have - Roger More Mar 9, 08:26 8
    - A down and dirty Google search shows that total Canadians who utilized US health are would be about 0.5%, but... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 08:33 6
      - Thanks - I've found the same info (though nothing on Americans coming to Canada) Either way, it clearly doesn't match the rhetoric. -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 08:39 3
        
        The figure I've seen reported is 750k Americans seeking treatment abroad worldwide. - Reagen Mar 9, 08:43 2
        
        I saw that too, but ignored it because it wasn't Canada-specific. I've read a few articles about health insurers providing incentives to their - Roger More Mar 9, 08:47 1
        
        Yeah, honestly, there's no way our system could handle even a quarter of that. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:51
      - is that 'per year' or 'ever'? -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:37 1
        
        Annually that I saw. I would think that even a lot of that is paid out of Medicare though. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 08:54
    - I haven't seen any numbers, that one came immediately to mind as it was blown into a huge deal (and happened like last month). -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:30
hey progressives whining that the bill isn't perfect.... *points up* What more do you want? -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:12
and that's supposed to dissuade us from supporting it in any fashion? -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 08:12
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  - I'll go to Canada! -- nm - Limbaugh Mar 9, 08:13 2
    - We tend not to let in people who have criminal records. Does Limbaugh have a criminal record? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:24 1
      - I think it ended up as a misdemeanor, so it's nothing we'd flag. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:39

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