Limbaugh: I'm Not Moving To Costa Rica

Much to the dismay of progressives everywhere, Rush Limbaugh is denying that he will move to Costa Rica if Congress passes health care reform. Speaking on his radio show, the conservative host clarified his earlier statement by saying that he will just travel to Costa Rica to receive private medical treatment if reform is passed, not move there permanently:

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. 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 health care 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.

Limbaugh boasted that his controversial remarks have led New Zealand to lament that he chose Costa Rica over that country:

People in New Zealand are sending me e-mails: "How come you're not coming here? You've been telling everybody you're moving to New Zealand and now you're saying you're going to Costa Rica." [...] Now, New Zealand is reading about this and they're all bent out of shape that I'm somehow not coming there, all because of the stupid media.

Comments

[Afshar Guvendik]

04:29 PM on 04/08/2010

What a shame ....

[outragedkar]

02:35 AM on 03/25/2010

I've been to NZ . They will not let him through customs.

[Lochness71]

12:49 PM on 03/24/2010

Besides universal healthcare and education, a 97% literacy rate ( higher than the US) Costa Rica abolished the military in 1948. It is also the best environmen­tal record of any country. The Costa Rican people could teach Rush a lot on how to live. Pura Vida!

[gtalkspolitics]

05:29 AM on 03/24/2010

The only people that's happy that he's staying are the drug dealers...­.......

[huffyfan2]

06:56 PM on 03/23/2010

Rush, talking out of his fatass, now there's a shock: NOT

[coco51]

06:46 PM on 03/23/2010

we all knew Rush was talking out his nether region so I'm not surprized, he did say he was selling his Manhattan apt and yet he remains here. My question is, is he media? if not, what is he?

[talidapali]

07:07 PM on 03/24/2010

"if not, what is he?"

hate...wra­pped up in a big doughy package.

Think Pillsbury Dough Boy with a penchant for kicking dogs and stealing lollipops from babies.

[jukebox4949]

06:43 PM on 03/23/2010

New Zealand is better--it­'s further away.

[coco51]

07:02 PM on 03/23/2010

with Universal Healthcare­...Rush is so informed!!­!

[benchy]

05:55 PM on 03/23/2010

Well, I for one am happy for the people of Costa Rica, don't wish unto others ...

[Blank182]

04:58 PM on 03/23/2010

Maybe we just misheard Rush because he was sitting on his mouth as usual.

[mcnary]

04:58 PM on 03/23/2010

Columbia would be a better fit.

[leyvadaniel]

02:52 PM on 03/23/2010

Interestin­g, so the Health Insurance Companies went to his program, which may sugest that there was money involved. I think the real reason for his comments, however, has to do with the excesive use of prescripti­on medication to treat pain.

[AynSpandex]

01:28 PM on 03/23/2010

"All because of the stupid media."
And your job descriptio­n is - ?
I just quoted RL. EW.

[leyvadaniel]

02:52 PM on 03/23/2010

He is the king of Stupid media...

[Dana Nicole]

12:47 PM on 03/23/2010

Too many brown people in Costa Rica, and they care about the environmen­t. That added to the fact that they have universal healthcare­, and Costa Rica is so not the place for a man like Rush Limbaugh. In fact, that place would be hell for someone like him. Sounds like heaven to me though...

[TheBostonMike]

09:54 AM on 03/23/2010

So, to clarify... If the health care plan was a completely different plan than anyone has ever said it WAS, then, little rushie would go to Costa Rica. Got 'cha.

Just so everyone knows, If The bill that just was put into law says the Post Office is now in charge of washing cars, I am going to move to My Great Aunt Milly's! An NOBODY can STOP ME. (except for the school teachers that will now be in charge of capturing people as well as baking pies.)

Thanks for clarifying this, little rushie. Ok. Got it.

And we were listening to him..... why?

[elisabeth1208]

01:26 PM on 03/23/2010

We cannot afford this bill, it will be a disaster for our country. It is immoral to ask our children and grandchild­ren to pay for the health care of able bodied adults.

[Macklyn]

05:18 PM on 03/23/2010

You realize, of course, the majority of uninsured are children..­. right?

[SuperCool76]

08:29 PM on 03/23/2010

I wouldn't worry about it. We'll be paying off the Iraq war and Bush's deficits for so long the sun will consume the earth long before Barack Obama's bills come due.

[jkern]

09:04 AM on 03/23/2010

Rush is right!! Costa Rica has highly ranked healthcare­..........­it is also a universal healthcare system.

He is such an idot!.....­.....Soooo easy to get.......­.....as are most leaders of the lunatic fringe.