Let's "Rush" to Pass Health Reform

As if we needed more incentives to pass healthcare reform . . .

As if being sure our family, friends and neighbors were protected by adequate health insurance wasn't reason enough . . .

As if ending the abusive practices of the insurance industry which denies coverage because of pre-existing conditions to a woman who lost her job in the Great Recession, was treated for cancer, and after a lifetime of insurance coverage and good health, needed individual health insurance when COBRA coverage was exhausted, wasn't reason enough . . .

As if putting an end to 39 percent premium hikes, wasn't reason enough . . .

Rush Limbaugh has promised to leave the country if health reform is passed! He wasn't sure where he would go, "Costa Rica!" was his initial thought. Good choice, Rush. It's a country that, at No. 36, ranks just ahead of the United States in the World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems. But, unfortunately for Rush, Costa Rica, like most other industrialized, countries, provides healthcare for all its citizens. Rush wouldn't like that any better than he'll like America after health reform is passed.

But Markos Moulitsas, speaking on MSNBC's Countdown last night, had the perfect suggestion. "Well, it wouldn't be Costa Rica, but I'll tell you, what would probably work—I think Somalia would be great for Rush.  I mean, it's a libertarian paradise.  Everybody has guns.  There's not much of a government.  There sure as heck isn't government-run health care. So, I think, if you're talking about Rush's world view, I can't imagine a better place than Somalia—as long as he can find himself a nice $20 million pad in Mogadishu."

Dittos, Markos!