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Limbaugh sees no problems; he buys best
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Jan. 6, 2010 11:59 pm
As Rush Limbaugh left the hospital recently, he said that our health care system is just fine. And it is, if you happen to be a multimillionaire celebrity.
The health care debate is not about whether or not it works when you go to a hospital, but whether you can afford to have health care at all. Limbaugh can buy the very best doctors, hospitals and care. He does not represent the average American's income, celebrity status, access to care and cost of care relative to total income. Reform is not for people like him, it's for the masses.
Limbaugh is a master orator. The rhetoric he spews endears him to some and alienates him from others. It is no surprise that he burst out of the hospital with a publicity-spinning public relations stunt.
It was a selfish thing for him to say there is nothing wrong with the system. It would have been classier if he had simply praised and thanked the doctors who treated him.
James Agostell
North Liberty
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