{"id":11103,"date":"2013-10-17T18:14:46","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T18:14:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-10-17T18:14:46","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T18:14:46","slug":"freeloader_calls_to_say_thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/10\/17\/freeloader_calls_to_say_thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeloader Calls to Say Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/videos\/37\/53475\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\" alt=\"Listen to it Button\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Kalispell, Montana, as we head back to the phones.  This is Bob.  Thank you for waiting, sir.  Great to have you on the program.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Yeah, hello, Rush.  Yeah, my story here is I just got notice that my health care coverage is gonna be terminated.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Why?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  It looks like the option I have to go to is to go on Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Why is your health insurance being terminated?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  They\u2019re canceling here in Montana, all high-risk policies, okay?<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Who? Who is? Who sent you the cancellation notice?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  It\u2019s a third party from Blue Shield.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Okay, so an insurance company?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  They told you that they\u2019re canceling you?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  You\u2019re in a high-risk pool, preexisting condition?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Correct.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  A-ha.  That not supposed to happen. With Obamacare, you\u2019re supposed to be able to keep your doctor. You\u2019re supposed to be in Fat City.  I mean, you\u2019re supposed to be in there.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  They give you some options, and one of them is you should go to Medicaid first and then whatever bronze, silver, or gold things they offer on those plans. So, anyway, I went to an insurance agent that\u2019s supposed to represent the exchanges for Medicare.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Yeah?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Not Medicare.  Obamacare.  They said, &#8220;Yeah, it looks like you have to go to Medicaid first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Bob, do you mind if I ask you how old you are?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  I\u2019m 57 years old.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Fifty-seven years old.  On Medicare at age 57.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Well, I\u2019m not on yet.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  In this cancellation, did they suggest these gold, silver, bronze plans? Did they tell you to go to the exchange at HealthCare.gov?<\/p>\n<p><BR\/>CALLER:  No. They just said, &#8220;As of January 1st, we\u2019re canceling all policies in Montana.&#8221;<\/line><img id=\"eZObject_82572\" class=\"aligncenter\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/ObamaLyingtoAMerica_Pix.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Oh.  So you\u2019ve got \u2019til January 1st. Well, you ought to go out and get health care every day and stock up on it. You know, get a bunch of health care, like put it in the bank.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Yeah.  Yeah, that\u2019s definitely an option I was playing with, but, anyway, you know, I\u2019d like to carry my own load and pay for it, but isn\u2019t looking like it\u2019s gonna go that way.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Why?  Because you don\u2019t have the money?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Well, I mean, I have to do something at the beginning of the year, and so what else can I do?  I mean, hopefully nothing happens to me by the first of the year, and so I\u2019ll go on Medicaid and go that route.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  So you\u2019re gonna sponge off all the rest of us?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  That\u2019s why I\u2019m calling.  I\u2019m not an ingrate.  I want to thank you and the other producers in this country to allow me to sponge off ya.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Well, at least you\u2019re thanking us.  That never happens.  We never, ever get a thank you. At least you had the gonads to do that. <\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Right.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  That\u2019s worth something.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  I appreciate that.  Okay, and that\u2019s all I wanted to say.  Okay, Rush?<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Okay. <\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  It was a pleasure talking to you.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Yeah, I\u2019m sure.  I\u2019m sure, Bob.  Thanks very much. <\/p>\n<p>So Bob was kicked off his policy. They told him to go to taxpayer-paid health care, and he just called to thank us.  It took him awhile to get there, but he eventually got there.  It must have been hard to do. (interruption) Well, it is.  It\u2019s gotta be hard to do.  I don\u2019t know about you.  I never thank people who do anything for me, and it\u2019s gotta be tough for people like Bob to call in here and thank us. (interruption)<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_82573\" class=\"aligncenter\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/RushObamavilleUnemployment2ArticleHopeChange2.jpg\"\/><BR\/>Take what seriously? (interruption) I know.  I\u2019m being facetious.  I thank people all the time.  I go overboard thanking people.  It\u2019s the way I was raised.  But that\u2019s why I\u2019m being facetious.  I figure nobody would believe it if I say I never thank anybody for doing things for me.  Anyway, Bob did. He called thank us.  He\u2019s at least thankful. That man has character.  I mean, he gets a note from his insurance company saying, &#8220;We\u2019re off-loading you. Go freeload somewhere.&#8221; And the regime gave him some freeloader ideas, and he just called to thank us.  I don\u2019t know about you, but I kinda respect that.<\/line><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Kalispell, Montana, as we head back to the phones. This is Bob. Thank you for waiting, sir. Great to have you on the program. CALLER: Yeah, hello, Rush. Yeah, my story here is I just got notice that my health care coverage is gonna be terminated. RUSH: Why? 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