# Rush Limbaugh Rushed to Hospital **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140 "2009-12-31T03:34:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/81 "2010-01-02T11:58:53Z")
To bring this back on topic (sorta), he [commented,](http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/01/01/rush.limbaugh/index.html) wrt his Honolulu hospital stay, that “The treatment I received here was the best that the world has to offer. I don’t think there’s one thing wrong with the American health care system. It is working just fine.” I think he’s making an error many make in this debate: he’s forgetting that (perhaps arguably, but it needs to be addressed) cost and payment are part and parcel of that system, not just treatment. But then, he’s wealthy enough (and probably insured enough) that it may not occur to him. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/82 "2010-01-03T05:12:15Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > Rush, and his ilk, Coulter, Beck et al. are a different animal though. There is never, ever anything positive that they have to say (except for the failings of liberals). It’s all outrage, disagreement, indignation, and doomsday prophecy. They are the anti-hope, have always been, and always will be. These people make their money not off of the ideals they propose, they make their money because their inflammatory and opposing views towards anyone they consider to be hostile, even republicans aren’t immune to that. > > I see all of these people as being “hate mongers” or whatever. **Is there an equivalent person in major media that personifies this as far as the left or liberal go?** No. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/83 "2010-01-03T14:55:37Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I think he’s making an error many make in this debate: he’s forgetting that (perhaps arguably, but it needs to be addressed) cost and payment are part and parcel of that system, not just treatment. But then, he’s wealthy enough (and probably insured enough) that it may not occur to him. Oh, it’s occurred to him. He’s full of dicks, is all. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/84 "2010-01-04T16:50:27Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Hey, when I said “Will no one rid me of this turbulent radio personality”, it was just a figure of speech. Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/85 "2010-01-04T17:12:26Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > I see all of these people as being “hate mongers” or whatever. Is there an equivalent person in major media that personifies this as far as the left or liberal go? I’d say Al Sharpton and Bill Maher, though neither one of those excercises near as much influence among liberals as the Limbaughs and Becks do among conservatives. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/86 "2010-01-06T10:13:26Z")
I prefer to save my sympathy for friends, family or animals, and not use it on abusive addicts or hypocritical cretins like Llimbaugh. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/87 "2010-01-06T10:20:38Z")
I started bracing myself when I saw this thread had been updated at 5am EST. Make of that what you will. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/88 "2010-01-06T14:03:15Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > To bring this back on topic (sorta), he [commented,](http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/01/01/rush.limbaugh/index.html) wrt his Honolulu hospital stay, that “The treatment I received here was the best that the world has to offer. I don’t think there’s one thing wrong with the American health care system. It is working just fine.” > > I think he’s making an error many make in this debate: he’s forgetting that (perhaps arguably, but it needs to be addressed) cost and payment are part and parcel of that system, not just treatment. But then, he’s wealthy enough (and probably insured enough) that it may not occur to him. Doesn’t Hawaii have what some might call socialized medicine? I don’t think he’s saying what he thinks he’s saying. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/89 "2010-01-07T05:04:56Z")
From what I’ve heard, Rush is a Steelers fan. Maybe he had some sort of attack when he thought of how much we sucked this season? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140.md?page=4)