Rush Limbaugh has had enough of the proposed health care bill.
The popular conservative talk radio host said if the bill and its provisions passes, he will leave the country to get medical treatment, according to multiple news reports.
The statement has garnered much controversy. He has addressed the issue on his radio show as well as on his Web site.
Limbaugh’s outburst came after a caller on his show asked where he would go to get health care if the bill passed.
He responded with, “I’ll just tell you this, if this passes, and it’s five years from now, and all that stuff gets implemented -- I am leaving the country. I’ll go to Costa Rica,” according to liberal media watchdog Media Matters, who recorded Limbaugh’s comments.
At the time, news reports said it wasn't clear whether Limbaugh was making a joke. Nor was it clear whether he would leave the United States permanently.
A transcript from Limbaugh's show says the following:
"So a guy calls up and says, "If all this happens, what are you going to do?" 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."
Limbaugh discusses the issue on his Website.
"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 health care clinics with quality doctors in places like Costa Rica ... yeah, I'll go to Costa Rica for treatment, not move there."
Costa Rica offers government-financed universal health care.
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