Health Care passes the House, Limbaugh packs a bag (hopefully)
Well, it’s done. Health care reform passed the House. I’m not surprised, but I remain wary. The “reconciliation” process still has to be fought out in the Senate, and that could go less than smoothly. While some people will see immediate change, it will likely be years before the far-reaching effects that this particular change in law will have on our lives manifests. I am glad for those people who need health care and could not previously afford it, but I am wary of what the future may bring.
All the same, there is one undeniably positive thing to come out of all this. The United States may soon be short one loud-mouthed bigot. Rush Limbaugh has vowed to emigrate to Costa Rica if Health Care passes Congress. Ironically enough, Costa Rica is famous for it’s socialized medicine. I’d buy his tickets myself if I there was a chance that his hateful words would cease to pollute the American radio waves, but I fear that my hopes are too optimistic. As if he would keep his word, no matter how much good it would do his beloved country.